The Coast Starlight tickets
About The Coast Starlight
THE COAST STARLIGHT is set on a train, but like its name, it explores dimensions beyond the here and now. A young man boards in LA, headed far away. A young woman sits down and quietly sketches him across the aisle. Other passengers are seated nearby, each with their stories held close. With wit and insight, the play explores the very human inclination to guess at other people’s lives… If only you could say what you were thinking about them, or hear what they are thinking about you… If only you could connect with a stranger who might change your life. And how do you make sense of a romantic yearning you feel for someone you don't even know... Do you say something to bridge the gap? Or does it all stay in your head?
In fascinating fashion, the conversations and encounters in this play are sometimes real, sometimes not. The almost magical environment of the night train blurs whether it is real connection they’re experiencing or the power of imagination.
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Start date
February 16th, 2023
End date
April 16th, 2023
The Coast Starlight cast and creative team
By: Keith Bunin
Director: Tyne Rafaeli
Producer: Lincoln Center Theater
Cast list: Mia Barron, Camila Canó-Flaviá, Rhys Coiro, Will Harrison, Jon Norman Schneider, Michelle Wilson
Design: Arnulfo Maldonado
Costumes: Ásta Bennie Hostetter
Lighting: Lap Chi Chu
Sound: Daniel Kluger
Other info: Original music by Daniel Kluger, projections by 59 Productions
Venue
Lincoln Center Theater - Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Accessibility
Wheelchair access, induction hearing loops, headsets
More information about The Coast Starlight
All aboard for a new Off-Broadway drama! Lincoln Center Theater begins its spring season with the New York premiere of Keith Bunin's The Coast Starlight. Get The Coast Starlight tickets on TodayTix.
The Coast Starlight play takes place during a thousand-mile train ride along the West Coast. Among the passengers is a man harboring a major secret — if it gets out, he's in trouble. He has until the end of the trip to figure out how to deal with it with the help of his fellow riders, all of whom have their own choices to wrestle with, too.
Fittingly for a show that takes place on the West Coast, The Coast Starlight at California's La Jolla Playhouse in 2019. The Coast Starlight in New York features three cast members from the original production: Mia Barron, Camila Canó-Flaviá, and Rhys Coiro.
Original director Tyne Rafaeli also returns for The Coast Starlight off Broadway. She previously directed Brian Watkins's Epiphany and Sylvia Khoury's Power Strip at LCT, as well as the 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Selling Kabul, also by Khoury, at Playwrights Horizons.
Bunin has had four previous plays off Broadway: The Credeaux Canvas, The Busy World is Hushed, The World Over, and 10 Million Miles. The first three went up with Playwrights Horizons; the fourth, with Atlantic Theater Company. Bunin now makes his LCT debut with The Coast Starlight.
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What to Watch For
- The Coast Starlight is named for a real Amtrak train line that runs between Seattle and Los Angeles. The full trip takes 35 hours.
- Keith Bunin makes his Off-Broadway return after 16 years. His last Off-Broadway play, 10 Million Miles, premiered in 2007.
- Three The Coast Starlight actors are making their LCT debuts: Camila Canó-Flaviá, Will Harrison, and Michelle Wilson. Harrison also makes his New York theatre debut at large with the show.
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