Preview/Tickets for the “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” Play in Culver City through June 7, 09

“BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO” OPENS MAY 17

AT CTG/KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

Rajiv Joseph’s World Premiere Play, Directed by Moisés Kaufman,

 Continues Through June 7, 2009

The world premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” presented by Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, opens May 17, 2009, and continues through June 7.  Previews began May 10.

Directed by Moisés Kaufman, the cast features (in alphabetical order) Glenn Davis,

Brad Fleischer, Arian Moayed, Kevin Tighe, Hrach Titizian, Sheila Vand and Necar Zadegan.

 “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” is a lyrical, haunting new play set against the backdrop

of the war in Iraq, in which the lives and, in some cases, the afterlives of two American soldiers, an Iraqi translator, the ghost of Saddam Hussein’s son Uday, and a Bengal tiger all intersect in a surreal, darkly humorous and gently balanced view of war and its aftermath.

            Earlier this year it was announced that “Bengal Tiger” was selected as an NEA Outstanding New American Play as part of the National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program hosted by Arena Stage, and Rajiv Joseph also received the 2009 Kesselring Fellowship for his work on the play.  His play “Animals Out of Paper” in New York recently received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Play.  Joseph’s other plays include “All This Intimacy,” “The Leopard and the Fox,” and “Huck & Holden,” which was produced in Los Angeles by the Black Dahlia Theatre in 2006.

Tickets for “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” are available by calling (213) 628-2772, online at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org, in person at the Center Theatre Group box office at the Ahmanson Theatre or two hours prior to performances at the Kirk Douglas Theatre box office.   The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232. 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

May – June 2009

EVENT:                      “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”

by Rajiv Joseph

Directed by Moisés Kaufman

World Premiere

DESCRIPTION:            A lyrical, haunting new play set against the backdrop of the war in Iraq, in which the lives and, in some cases, the afterlives of two American soldiers, an Iraqi translator, the ghosts of Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Ousay, and a Bengal tiger all intersect in a surreal, darkly humorous and gently balanced view of war and its aftermath.

DATES/TIMES:            Previews begin May 10. Opens May 17.

Through June 7, 2009.

Previews: Sunday, May 10 through Saturday, May 16 at 8 p.m. No Monday performance.

Opens Sunday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Regular Performances: Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

TICKET INFO:            Ticket Prices: $20-$45

Tickets may be purchased by calling CTG Audience Services at (213) 628-2772, in person at the Center Theatre Group box office (at the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center in downtown Los Angeles), on-line at www.CenterTheatreGroup.org or at the Kirk Douglas Theatre box office two hours prior to performances. Hot Tix: $20 each may be purchased in advance or, subject to availability, on the day of performance at the box office (no checks). Groups: (213) 972-7231. Deaf community: information & charge, TDD (213) 680-4017.

LOCATION:               KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE

9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232.
Ample free parking and restaurants adjacent.