Performances Begin for Adam Rapp's Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling, Starring Christine Lahti

Previews begin tonight Atlantic Theater Company's production of Adam Rapp's new play, Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling, at off-Broadway's CSC Theatre. The drama, which stars Emmy Award winner Christine Lahti, Reed Birney, Betsy Aidem and Cotter Smith, officially opens on October 3.

Directed by Atlantic Theater artistic director Neil Pepe, Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling follows Dr. Bertram (Smith) and Sandra Cabot (Lahti) as they invite longtime friends Dirk (Smith) and Celeste Von Stofenberg (Aidem) to their Connecticut home shortly after the Von Stofenbergs' only son is released from a  private psychiatric hospital. When Sandra enlists Dirk to help her change the course of her life, the sky turns a strange color, Canadian geese start crashing into the bay window and the fate of the evening tilts toward an inevitable conclusion that promises to change the lives of all who came to the table.

The cast also features Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Shane McRae and Katherine Waterston. Be sure to catch this world premiere production from one of America's most-talked-about dramatists.