LCT3 announces After The Blast by Zoe Kazan

Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 has announced the first production of its 2017-2018 season. Zoe Kazan's After The Blast, directed by Lila Neugebauer, will begin previews at LCT's Claire Tow Theater on October 7, 2017, ahead of an official opening on October 23 and a limited engagement through to November 19, 2017.

Synopsis: "After The Blast is set in the wake of total environmental disaster, when the human population has retreated underground. Experience is simulated. Fertility is regulated. And Anna and Oliver have one last chance to have a baby."

The creative team behind After The Blast features scenic design by Daniel Zimmerman, costume design by Kaye Voyce, lighting design by Eric Southern, and sound design by Brandon Wolcott.

Casting for the production will be announced at a later date.

Zoe Kazan's previous playwriting credits include 'Absalom,' 'We Live Here,' and 'Trudy and Max in Love,' as well as the screenplays for "Ruby Sparks," "Wildlife," and "The Secret History of Wonder Woman." As an actress, her Broadway credits include 'A Behanding in Spokane,' 'The Seagull,' and 'Come Back, Little Sheba.' Off-Broadway she has appeared in the Roundabout Theatre Company's 'Love, Love, Love,' the Manhattan Theatre Club's 'When We Were Young and Unafraid,' Playwrights Horizons' '100 Saints You Should Know,' as well as 'Angels in America' among others. She was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2015 for "Olive Kitteridge" and other notable screen credits include "Ruby Sparks," "What if," "Fracture," "Me and Orson Welles," and "Revolutionary Road."