The Language of Trees at the Roundabout Underground

The Roundabout Theatre Company present The Language of Trees, by Steven Levenson and directed by Alex Timbers, opening on 29 Oct 2008, following previews from 3 Oct, foe a limited engagement.

The Language of Trees: When an American translator is sent into a U.S. war zone in the Middle East, a friendly neighbor volunteers to help out his wife and young son. As events abroad spiral out of control, the lives of all the characters are turned upside down.

The Language of Trees is the second production of Roundabout Underground, an initiative launched in 2007 to introduce and cultivate artists in Roundabout�s 62-seat Black Box Theatre, at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre.

Casting to be announced at a later date.

The inaugural production of Roundabout Underground was a sold-out run of Stephen Karam�s acclaimed play 'Speech & Debate,' which extended twice.

Roundabout Underground is an initiative to showcase new plays that will either allow an experienced director to go back to his/her creative roots or give a debut production to an emerging writer or director. Robyn Goodman (Artistic Consultant to the Roundabout), who has significant artistic development experience, is curating the initiative that will be a creative breeding ground for nurturing new talent.

Steven Levenson's (playwright) plays include 'Girls Day,' and 'Almost Stuck.' His work has been seen and developed by Roundabout Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Dramatists, Brown/Trinity Playwrights Repertory Theatre, and Ashland New Plays Festival. Steven is a member of Youngblood Playwrights Group at EST and Play Group at Ars Nova.

Alex Timbers (Director) is an OBIE Award-winning director and Artistic Director of Les Freres Corbusier. Recent Directing credits include: ;Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; (Center Theatre Group, LA; co-written with Michael Friedman), 'Gutenberg! The Musical!' 'Hell House,' A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant (OBIE Award). Timbers is currently directing 'Beyond Therapy' for Williamstown Theatre Festival and Bay Street Theatre, as well as developing an original half-hour comedy pilot for 20th Century Fox.