Public Theater Company announce their 2004-2005 season

Ditrty Tricks, by John Jeter, directed by Margaret Whitton and starring Judith Ivey as Martha Mitchell, opens 20 Oct 2004, following previews from 5 Oct 2004.

Synopsis: Set on the eve of Nixon�s resignation Dirty Tricks, a play in one act, vividly relives the story of Martha Mitchell, the larger-than-life estranged wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, who took on President Nixon and ultimately brought down the administration that tried to silence her.

The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot, by Stephen Adly Guirgis and directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Expected Winter 2005.

Synopsis: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, a time-bending, serio-comic drama in an imagined world between Heaven and Hell, re-examines the plight and fate of the New Testament�s most infamous and unexplained sinner.

This is How It Goes, by Neil LaBute. Expected Spring 2005.

Synopsis: An interracial love triangle in small town America sets off this fierce drama of manipulation, exploitation, infidelity, and passion

The Controversy, by Jean-Claude Carriere, translated by Richard Newlson. Expected Spring 2005.

Synopsis: Imagine a time when the Catholic Church had the right to determine whether or not you were human. In a 15th-century Spanish monastery, the fate of millions of American natives from an ocean away hangs precariously in the balance.

The final play of Public Theater's 2004 - 2005 season is to be announced.

Full cast and design team's to be announced

The Public Theater Company is located at 425 Lafayette Street, (between Astor Place & East 4th Street), NY 10003.