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Take a Look at Aya Cash, Erik Lochtefeld, and More in The Light Years

Oliver Butler directs this world premiere production.

Brian Lee Huynh & Graydon Peter Yosowitz in The Light Years, directed by Oliver Butler, at Playwrights Horizons.
Brian Lee Huynh and Graydon Peter Yosowitz star in The Light Years, directed by Oliver Butler, at Playwrights Horizons.
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Playwright's Horizon's world premiere production of the Debate Society's The Light Years is currently in performances. Oliver Butler directs the show from playwrights Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Opening night is set for March 13 and performances are scheduled through April 2.

The Light Years stars Ken Barnett (Plenty), Aya Cash (You're the Worst), Brian Lee Huynh (War Horse), Erik Lochtefeld (Small Mouth Sounds), Rocco Sisto (Seminar), and Graydon Peter Yosowitz (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown).

The play is described as follows: "Behold The Spectatorium: an audacious, visionary 12,000-seat theater designed for the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 by Steele MacKaye (Sisto), the now forgotten theatrical impresario around whom this haunted, 40-year love story spins. From the minds of celebrated play-making company the Debate Society, The Light Years is an epic, intimate tale of two families struggling to meet their future, and a spectacular tribute to man's indomitable spirit of invention."

The production will feature scenic design by Laura Jellinek, costume design by three-time Tony Award nominee Michael Krass, lighting design by Obie Award winner Russell H. Champa, sound design by Lee Kinney, and original music by Daniel Kluger.

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Closed: April 2, 2017