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Full Casting Announced for Civilians’ Brooklyn at Eye Level

Joaquin Torres
(© Alix Lambert)
Joaquin Torres
(© Alix Lambert)

Marsha Stephanie Blake, Billy Eugene Jones, Melanie Nicholls-King, Greg McFadden, Joaquin Torres, and Colleen Werthmann will star in The Civilians’ newest work, Brooklyn at Eye Level, at the Brooklyn Lyceum, December 4-7.

This new work , directed by Steven Cosson, will examine the surge of development in Brooklyn, with a specific focus on the controversial Atlantic Yards project and its effect on the surrounding communities. It was developed in collaboration with dance company Urban Bush Women, composer Michael Friedman, along with a variety of local artists and local residents.

The Civilians’ newest work This Beautiful City will be produced at New York’s Vineyard Theatre in 2009. Their other work includes Gone Missing and Paris Commune.

For further information, visit www.thecivilians.org