What are the consequences when the lies we tell ourselves become the reality of the lives we lead? A tale of obsession and betrayal, Tomorrow in the Battle paints a searing portrait of loyalty and lust, honor and honesty, duty and desire as a group of London’s elite navigate their own professional and moral crises.

The cast will feature Patrick Hamilton (Pimm’s Mission with Oberon Theatre Ensemble at 59E59), Ruth Mahala Sullivan (The Popular Truth Game Show at The Brick), and Allison Threadgold (Antigone with Fusion Theater at Theatre Row) with Original Music by Jonathan Sanford (Don’t Mess With Julie Whitfield at Tribeca Film Festival), Set Design by Chika Shimizu (The Seagull at Access Theater with director Lillian Meredith), Lighting Design by David Shocket (Associate on Tick, Tick, Boom! with Keen Company), and Costume Design by Beth Morgan (GLOW on Netflix).

Tomorrow in the Battle originally premiered at Stageworks/Hudson in 2012 and Samuel French published the play earlier this year.

Sometimes, a play really surprises me. Tomorrow in the Battle, a high stakes drama on love and morality by Kieron Barry, directed by Tana Sirois, is an effective and fun piece of theater storytelling. Despite the fact that the play had little production design beyond the three performers telling this story, it worked. Without a doubt, this is a recipe for a long, flat night at the theater, but surprise, I had a very nice time. The story is well written, and detailed enough to be a novella. Anna is an arms dealer faced with an ethical dilemma. Her husband, Simon, is a heart surgeon having an affair with high roller Jennifer, creating a moral quandary all of their own. For the most part, the play is told through monologues — at times veering toward soliloquy, at others like poetry — which creates three narrative tracks that weave across each other. Though the trappings may feel pretentious to some and soap opera-y to others, the work finds a very fine balance of understated behavior and vivid descriptions, keeping the story in a genuine place, never bogging down the pacing. While the events of Tomorrow in the Battle probably won’t stick with you, and certainly won’t surprise you, the …Read more