 
Steven Cosson is the founder of The Civilians, whose productions include the long-running hit Gone Missing; (I Am) Nobody’s Lunch, Canard, Canard, Goose? and Paris Commune. Productions at The Public, La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theatre, A.R.T., Gate Theatre and Soho Theatre in London, Edinburgh Fringe (Fringe First) and HBO Comedy Festival. Mr. Cosson has directed and developed many new plays, including Neal Bell’s Shadow of Himself, Mat Smart’s 13th of Paris, Tommy Smith’s Air Conditioning, Anne Washburn’s Communist Dracula Pageant, world premiere of Peter Morris’ Square Root of Minus One; and U.S. premieres of Martin Crimp’s Attempts on Her Life and Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love. Mr. Cosson has been a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia, MacDowell Fellow and Resident Director at New Dramatists.
Jim Lewis won Tony and Drama Desk nominations for “Best Book for a Musical” for his adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Also with Graciela Daniele, he wrote Dangerous Games and Tango Apaisionado. Other credits include Ballet Hispanico’s Nightclub (libretto), Philip Glass’s Les Enfants Terribles (narration) and Paul Dresher’s The Tyrant (libretto); while his translations include Ionesco’s The Chairs and Ibsen’s Lady From The Sea. Mr. Lewis also served as production dramaturg for PastFORWARD (with Mikhail Baryshnikov); Anna Deavere Smith’s House Arrest; Lincoln Center’s WOZA AFRIKA Festival; Waste (Obie winner); Cymbeline (with Bartlett Sher); and STILL/HERE at BAM (2003). Mr. Lewis was the program director at The American Center in Paris and a resident dramaturg for Guthrie Theater, Second Stage Theatre and INTAR Theatre. He is currently writing Fela!, a new musical with Bill T. Jones.
Michael Friedman is composer/lyricist for The Civilians' (I Am) Nobody's Lunch; Gone Missing; and Canard, Canard Goose? Music/lyrics for The Brand New Kid, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, God's Ear and the upcoming Alice in Wonderland and Saved. Mr. Friedman has worked with New York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, The Roundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage, Soho Repertory Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience, Signature Theatre and The Acting Company. Regional Theatre: The Kennedy Center, Huntington Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, ART, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Also London's Soho and Gates Theatres and Edinburgh Festival. Film: On Common Ground and Affair Game. Additional Credits: Artistic Associate, New York Theatre Workshop; Princeton University Hodder fellow; MacDowell fellow; and 2007 Obie award for sustained excellence.
| |
THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY
by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis
music and lyrics by Michael Friedman
from interviews by
Emily Ackerman,
Marsha Stephanie Blake,
Brad Heberlee,
Stephen Plunkett,
Alison Weller and the authors
directed by Steven Cosson
Mar 5 - 29
in the Pamela Brown Auditorium
in association with
The Studio Theatre, Washington DC and The Civilians
Complete Humana Festival Schedule
This Beautiful City is a play with music, created from interviews with actual persons, that explores the Evangelical movement and its unofficial U.S. capital. Because of the presence of several national Evangelical headquarters, the influential megachurch New Life (formerly led by Ted Haggard), and numerous and diverse churches, questions surrounding religion and civic concerns are brought to the foreground of everyday life in this city. The Civilians’ project looks at Colorado Springs as a microcosm of issues facing the country as a whole—the shifting line between church and state, changing ideas about the nature of Christianity, and how different beliefs can either coexist or conflict within a community.
TICKETS
Previews: $21, $23
Wednesday Matinee: $22, $32, $37
Sunday-Thursday & Weekend Matinees: $28, $38, $43
Opening & Friday-Saturday Evenings: $32, $42, $52
A $1 Historic Landmark Facility Fee
will be added to the above prices.
APPROXIMATE PERFORMANCE TIME
Two hours and thirty minutes including intermission
AUDIENCE ADVISORY
Recommended for high school and up
|
|
Preview This Beautiful City