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Sam Gold, Thomas Kail to Direct LCT3 Premieres of Works by Nick Jones and Nathan Louis Jackson

Thomas Kail
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)
Thomas Kail
(© Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

LCT3, Lincoln Center Theater’s programming initiative devoted to producing the work of new artists and developing new audiences, has announced the first two productions of its 2010-2011 season.

Nick Jones’ The Coward (November 8-22) is a period comedy set in 18th century England in which a cowardly young gentleman initiates a pistol duel, but then hires a common criminal to fight in his place. Sam Gold will direct.

Nathan Louis Jackson’s When I Come to Die (January 31-February 26) is a drama set in a Texas prison. Damon Robinson, a death-row inmate, struggles to understand why his life has been spared after his scheduled execution which goes awry. Thomas Kail will direct.

For more information, visit www.lct3.org.