PREVIEW MARCH 18 2010 OPENS MARCH 19 RUNS THROUGH APRIL 11 DYING CITY By Christopher Shinn Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @7:30 PM, Sunday matinee @2:00 PM. The show runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

March off to an apartment in urban America for an affecting and gripping look at the fallout of war on our most intimate relationships with the Northwest premiere of Dying City by Christopher Shinn.   This gripping, psychological drama was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and is a tour-de-force for two actors.  When a young man goes off to war, his death thousands of miles away has rippling effects on those he leaves behind.  Kelly, his widow, is a therapist who watches Law and Order because “the mystery of a death is solved and therefore symbolically reversed.” But when her dead husband’s twin brother shows up unexpectedly, what she believes to be true is called violently into question. Is the “closure” we seek after a death just an American myth? 

A post-show discussion with the cast and director is scheduled for after the 2:00 PM matinee Sunday, March 28th.

Dying City features Chris Maslen and SPT's Artistic Director and Education Director, Shana Bestock. Directed by John Vreeke.