SOME BRIGHTER DISTANCE

Photos by Kristi Jan Hoover

KEITH REDDIN is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Yale Drama School. His plays include: the Sloane Commission, Some Brighter Distance, Too Much Memory, which won the 2008 outstanding play award in the New York Fringe Festival and was revived at New York Theatre Workshop in December 2008; Life and Limb, Rum and Coke, Big Time, Nebraska, Life During Wartime, Brutality of Fact, Almost Blue, All The Rage, But Not For Me, Frame 312, Human Error, and The Missionary Position. MORE>

“Tracy Brigden’s direction of this knotty, weighty work is speedy and well-managed, thanks in no small part to Gianni Downs’s clever set.”

Greg Kerestan, Broadway World
February 4, 2016

“Reddin shows his mastery of craft in the structuring of the play […] Director Tracy Brigden uses her staging to highlight this structure: Tindle never leaves the stage, and often remains at its center, while the rest of the actors glide in and out around him.”

Wendy Arons, Pittsburgh Tatler
February 3, 2016

“Mr. Reddin gives us a lot, and director Tracy Brigden and her talented designers (especially projection designer Jordan Harrison) give us the imaginative visuals, music and soundtrack of the soaring fictional-historical backdrop.”

Christopher Rawson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 3, 2016

“[…] it’s also a play that dwells on the questionable morality of Faustian bargains that people and nations make to achieve their goals.”

Alice Carter, Tribune Review
February 2, 2016

“Reddin’s script […], sparkles in City’s version–as efficient as a space station kitchen–compact, practical, equipped with what’s needed for the trip.”

Yvonne Hudson, Pittsburgh in the Round
February 1, 2016

“But as for the whole thing: Oh yeah, it’s interesting.”
Mike Vargo, Entertainment Central Pittsburgh
February 1, 2016

“[Jonathan] Tindle is a treasure as the analytical and pragmatic [Arthur Rudolph].”

Michael Buzzelli, Burgh Vivant
January 31, 2016

Essential Pittsburgh
Interview with Keith Reddin and Tracy Brigden by Paul Guggenheimer
Text by Sean Ray

Tribune-Review
Alice Carter
January 22, 2016

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sharon Eberson
January 21, 2016

Pittsburgh City Paper
Bill O’Driscoll
January 20, 2016

City Theatre’s World Premiere production of SOME BRIGHTER DISTANCE is supported in part by the Edgerton Foundation’s New Play Award. Information on past recipients can be found online at the Theatre Communications Group website.

LEROY MCCLAIN

JONATHAN TINDLE

ELIZABETH RICH

MATTHEW STOCKE

DAVID WHALEN

TRACY BRIGDEN
Director

GIANNI DOWNS
Scenic Designer

ROBERT C.T. STEELE
Costume Designer

ANDREW DAVID OSTROWSKI
Lighting Designer

JOE PINO
Sound Designer

JORDAN HARRISON
Media/Video Design

PATTI KELLY
Production Stage Manager

SUN, JAN 24 | 7:00 PM
Sipping Sunday

FRI, JAN 29 | 8:00 PM
Opening Night

SAT, JAN 30 |  9:00 PM
Pay-What-You-Want

SUN, JAN 31 & FEB 7 | 2:00 PM
Post-show Talkbacks

FRI, FEB 5 | 8:00 PM
GREENROOM

TUES, FEB 9 |7:00 PM
ASL Interpretation

SUN, FEB 14 | 2:00 PM
Open Captioning & Audio Description

$36 – $56

$15 advance tickets, excluding Fridays 8pm/Saturdays 5:30pm.

$15 rush tickets at the Box Office beginning two hours prior to show.

Tickets will be held at Will Call. Must present valid ID. One ticket per ID.

A limited number of “Pay-What-You-Want” tickets will be available two hours before the 9 p.m. performance on Saturday, January 30th. Please call the box office in advance to check on availability. Mention “Pay-What-You-Want” pricing when purchasing.

$22 rush tickets at the Box Office beginning two hours prior to show.

Save when you bring a group! For pricing, contact Joel Ambrose, Box Office Manager, by email or at: 412.431.4400 x286

As a participating Blue Star Theatre, City Theatre is happy to offer 25% off to military personnel and their families. More info >

RUN TIME
80 minutes with no intermission

WARNING
A strobe light is used during this production.

This play describes historical events that may not be appropriate for young children.

21+ Rocket Science
Jan. 15, 2016 at 6 PM
Blast off with 21+ Rocket Science!

Enjoy the Carnegie Science Center with a spaced out drink in hand. See explosive demonstrations and watch a scene from Some Brighter Distance performed live under the stars in the Buhl Planetarium.

Writers Live @CLP Main
Jan. 20, 2016 at 6 PM
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Oakland
2nd Floor International Poetry Room

An intimate Q&A with the playwright Keith Reddin.