Tickets on Sale Friday, April 24, 2009 at 10am!

From acclaimed Canadian writer-director Robert Lepage comes the U.S. East Coast premiere of The Andersen Project, presented by the Kimmel Center at the Merriam Theater of the University of the Arts from Thursday, June 11, 2009 through Saturday, June 13, 2009.

The boundary-pushing work is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's stories "The Dryad" and "The Shadow," as well as anecdotes drawn from the famed Danish author's Parisian travels. The one-man show, starring French-Canadian actor Yves Jacques, draws on some of Lepage's favorite themes: the juxtaposition of past and present, of Romanticism and Modernism, and of established and underground art forms. In this fascinating theater piece, Lepage also delves into more clandestine territories—sexual identity, unfulfilled fantasies and the thirst for recognition and fame—that derive from Andersen's life and writings, to serve as a filigree to the modern tale. To learn more, visit www.kimmelcenter.org/lepage.