FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2011

Lantern Theater Company announces an second extension of New Jerusalem, The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656. Playing to capacity houses since its first performance on Oct. 6, the production's first extension is 90% sold out. New dates have been added and the run has been extended through Nov. 12 to meet demand.

Remaining Performances with tickets still available are:
Sunday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCE
Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCE
Thursday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 4 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCE
Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCE
Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCES
Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCE
Friday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCE
Saturday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. – ADDED PERFORMANCES
As the Inquisition bears down on them, a small Jewish community flees Portugal to find a tenuous peace in seemingly liberal Amsterdam. But Spinoza, a favorite son of the community and the rabbi's heir apparent, is a revolutionary thinker. When the boldness of his ideas strains the bounds of Amsterdam's professed tolerance, Spinoza is accused of atheism for his radical new ideas and risks excommunication from the Jewish faith, including complete social isolation.

New Jerusalem is written by David Ives, directed by the Lantern's Artistic Director Charles McMahon, and stars Sam Henderson as Baruch de Spinoza, Seth Reichgott as Abraham van Valkenburgh, David Bardeen as Rabbi Saul Levi Mortera, David Blatt as Gaspar Rodrigues Ben Israel, Jake Blouch as Simon de Vries, Kittson O'Neill as Rebekah de Spinoza, and Mary Tuomanen as Clara van den Enden.

All tickets are $36 and are available online at lanterntheater.org or by calling (215) 829-0395. Discounts are available for students, seniors, and groups of 10 or more. Lantern Theater Company is located at St. Stephen's Theater, 10th & Ludlow Streets in Center City Philadelphia.