PTP/NYC Announces Summer 2017 Theatre Season

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. and NEW YORK, NY - PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project), in association with Middlebury College, announces its 31st repertory season, its 11th consecutive in New York City, running July 11 - August 6, 2017 in a limited Off-Broadway engagement at The Atlantic Stage 2, located at 330 West 16th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.

This season’s line-up includes the professional stage premiere of Howard Barker’s 1985 BBC film, Pity In History, directed by PTP’s Co-Artistic Director, Professor Richard Romagnoli, and a revival of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, directed by PTP’s Co-Artistic Director, Professor Cheryl Faraone. Previews begin on July 11 and openings begin on July 18.

Religion, art, class and patriotism clash in Pity In History, a riveting drama by iconoclast writer Howard Barker. First produced as a teleplay by the BBC in 1985, Pity In History updates Britain’s 17th century Civil War to present day in a sexy, brazen and remarkably funny examination of a society rife with competing ideologies.

Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, which begins previews July 11 for a July 19 opening and runs through August 6, has been called one of the most “powerful and relevant stories of our age” (The Guardian). The play’s many elements include Byron versus science, the Enlightenment versus the Romantics, pure reason versus sheer randomness — and, says one character, “It’s all because of sex.”

PTP/NYC (Potomac Theatre Project) continues to redefine politically aware theatre for the 21st century by presenting theatrically complex and thought-provoking work of contemporary social and cultural relevance. Howard Barker is one of PTP/NYC’s most produced writers, along with Caryl Churchill, Neal Bell, Sarah Kane and David Edgar. The company’s writers are provocative, engaging and often confrontational.

PTP was founded in 1987 by the artistic team of Cheryl Faraone, Jim Petosa and Richard Romagnoli who continue to run the company. Alex Draper is Associate Artistic Director. Since moving to New York in 2007, PTP/NYC has produced 23 main stage productions and numerous late evening readings, workshops and experimental theatre pieces in their After Dark series.

Performances are Tuesdays - Sundays at 7 p.m., and Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. For exact days, times, and cast information visit PTPNYC.org. Tickets are $37.50, $22.50 for students and seniors and $20 for previews. Purchase online at PTPNYC.org or by calling 1-866-811-4111. For info visit PTPNYC.org, follow on Twitter at @ptpnyc, and Like them on Facebook.