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News National Actors Theatre’s Persians Sets Dates; Creative Team Announced The National Actors Theatre’s production of Aeschylus' The Persians will begin performances May 22 at Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts.

As previously reported by Playbill On-Line, the 19th production of the National Actors Theatre, The Persians will star Len Cariou as Darius. Ethan McSweeny directs. Cariou will be joined onstage by Roberta Maxwell as Attosa, Brennan Brown as Herald and Michael Stuhlbarg as Xerxes, and the chorus will comprise Jon Devries, Ed Dixon, Herb Foster, Michael Potts, Henry Stram, Henry Strozier and Charles Turner.

The creative team of The Persians, which will play through June 22, includes James Noone (sets), Kevin Adams (lighting), Jess Goldstein (costumes), Marilys Ernst (projections) and Michael Roth (original music and sound design).

An early play loosely based on the Persian Wars, The Persians concentrates on the demise of the Persian empire, including the folly of Xerxes, which caused the empire's downfall. The play also includes the appearance — as a ghost — of Xerxes' father Darius, who declaims the ruin of his once-great empire.

The National Actors Theatre most recently presented Al Pacino in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Oct. 3-Nov. 10, 2002. Others in that star studded cast included Billy Crudup, Chazz Palminteri, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and the theatre's founder, Tony Randall.

Pace University's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts is located on Spruce Street between Park Row and Gold Street. Tickets are priced at $45 with senior and student seats available for $12. The Persians will play Tuesday-Friday evenings at 8 PM, Saturdays at 3 and 8 PM and Sundays at 3 and 6:30 PM. (There will be no performances June 2 and 3.) Call (212) 239-6200 for tickets.

 
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