GableStage at the Biltmore proudly presents the Southeastern Premiere of Shining City by Conor McPherson -- opening June 21st and running thru July 20th

McPherson's plays include Rum & Vodka, The Good Thief, This Lime Tree Bower, St. Nicholas, The Weir (Olivier Award, Best Play), Dublin Carol, Port Authority, and The Seafarer (Tony Award nomination, Best Play). Shining City is quite possibly his finest work. It received critical raves in London and New York and was awarded a Tony Nomination for Best Play.

Shining City is anchored in the real world; yet beneath the everyday business meetings and fumbling adulteries lurks a powerful sense of loneliness. In Dublin, a man seeks help from a counselor after his wife's death. What begins as an unusual encounter becomes a struggle between the living and dead - which will shape and define both men for the rest of their lives. McPherson brilliantly reconciles the mundane and the metaphysical, while exploring issues of guilt, the wreckage of the past and the possibility of making a fresh start in life.

Originally produced on April 20, 2006, in New York City, it was presented by the Manhattan Theatre Club at the Biltmore Theatre. It will be directed by GableStage's Producing Artistic Director, Joseph Adler. The stellar cast is comprised of John Bixler, Deborah L. Sherman, Ricky Waugh and Gregg Weiner.

Ben Brantley, theatre critic for the New York Times, called the play, "As close to perfection as contemporary playwriting gets!" The London Telegraph called it "Moving, compassionate, ingenious and absolutely gripping! Scenes that provoke great gales of laughter, others that send a shiver of fear down the spine!"

PERFORMANCE TIMES AND TICKET PRICES:
Thursday @ 8pm $37.50
Friday and Saturday @ 8pm $42.50
Sunday @ 2pm $42.50 & @ 7pm $37.50
For reservations or information, please call the Box Office:
(305) 445-1119 or online at www.gablestage.org/box_office.php

GableStage is located in the eastern section of the Biltmore Hotel, 1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables. Valet parking is available. Free parking is available in the Biltmore parking area west of the hotel.

Joseph Adler
Producing Artistic Director
GableStage
1200 Anastasia Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
305-446-1116


jadler@gablestage.org