| Patrick Page stars as TITUS ANDRONICUS for Red Bull Theater's 20th Anniversary Festival, with Kelley Curran, Clifton Duncan, Alfredo Narciso, and more | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 09:18 am EDT 05/04/24 | |
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| Red Bull Theater Continues Its 20th Anniversary Festival With TITUS ANDRONICUS by William Shakespeare Patrick Page Stars as Titus, Along With Isabel Arraiza, Teagle F. Bougere, Jason Bowen, Kelley Curran, Clifton Duncan, Nate Miller, Alfredo Narciso, Zachary Lopez Roa, and Derek Smith THREE WORKSHOP PERFORMANCES: Friday May 10th and Saturday May 11th At Sheen Center Shiner Theatre Red Bull Theater (Jesse Berger, Founder and Artistic Director; Martin Giannini, Executive Director) today announced details for the next presentation of its 20th Anniversary Festival: Shakespeare's TITUS ANDRONICUS, directed by Jesse Berger, featuring Isabel Arraiza (RBT: Antony & Cleopatra; The Merchant of Venice - Theatre for a New Audience; Julius Caesar - Public Theater/Delacorte); Teagle F. Bougere (Broadway: The Crucible, A Raisin in the Sun - Outer Critics Circle nomination, The Tempest; Off-Broadway: DEBATE: Baldwin vs Buckley - american vicarious; The New Englanders [Audelco Award] - Manhattan Theatre Club; Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Macbeth - Public Theater); Jason Bowen (Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong; Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong; Long Day's Journey into Night - Audible; Native Son, Measure for Measure - The Acting Company; If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka - Playwrights Horizons; Crumbs from the Table of Joy - Keen Co); Kelley Curran (for Red Bull: ‘Tis Pity She's a Whore - Actors Equity Joe A. Callaway Award, The Duchess of Malfi; TV: “The Gilded Age;” Broadway: Present Laughter; Off-Broadway: The Half-God of Rainfall - New York Theatre Workshop/American Repertory Theater; The Winter's Tale - Theatre for a New Audience; Angels in America - Signature Theatre; The Dingdong - Drama League nomination); Clifton Duncan (for RBT: The African Company Presents Richard III, Volpone, Arden of Faversham, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore; Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong; Off-Broadway: Carmen Jones - Classic Stage Company [Lortel Award nomination]; Kung Fu - Signature Theatre; Hey Look Me Over!, Assassins, Lost in the Stars - City Center Encores!; Twelfth Night - Public Theater/Delacorte); Nate Miller (Broadway: Peter and the Starcatcher, Junk – LCT; Off-Bway: You Will Get Sick – Roundabout; The Merchant of Venice - Theatre for a New Audience/Shakespeare Theatre Company; India Pale Ale, Ripcord, Of Good Stock - Manhattan Theatre Club; Love and Information - NY Theatre Workshop/Royal Court Theatre); Alfredo Narciso (RBT: The Inn at Lydda, The Steward of the Duchess of Amalfi; Broadway: The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Time and the Conways, A Streetcar Named Desire; Off-Broadway: The Merchant of Venice - Theatre for a New Audience/Shakespeare Theatre Co; Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow - MCC Theater/Williamstown Theatre Festival; Tiny Beautiful Things - Public Theater; The Good Mother -The New Group; Chimichangas and Zoloft - Atlantic Theater; Measure for Measure, Chair - Theatre for a New Audience; The Drunken City - Playwrights Horizons. Red Dog Howls, The Misanthrope - New York Theatre Workshop; The Dispute – NAATCO); Patrick Page (RBT: Coriolanus, The Duchess of Malfi; most recently: All the Devils Are Here - Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Show, Outer Critics Circle nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance; Hadestown - Tony Award nomination, Grammy Award; Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, Lion King); Zachary Lopez Roa (Off-Broadway debut!); and Derek Smith (RBT: The White Devil, The School for Scandal, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore; Broadway: The Lion King, The Green Bird - Tony Award nomination). Paul Hudson will serve as lighting designer. One of Shakespeare's earliest and bloodiest plays explores the desperate nihilism of a world where an unstoppable cycle of revenge has begun. Titus is Rome's greatest general and the head of a noble Roman family. When his armies vanquish the Goths, their defeated queen, Tamora – with her paramour Aaron the Moor – unleashes a fury that brings Rome, Titus, and his family to their knees. The play's exploration of humanity's capacity for inhumanity is shockingly contemporary. "What a pleasure to do a deep dive into this powerful play with some of the finest actors in NYC. Since Red Bull was founded, people have often asked me when we would tackle what may be Shakespeare's bloodiest and most Jacobean-in-spirit play. The time is now! This is a rare opportunity to hear the play, which, in addition to pathos and gorgeous dramatic poetry, also offers a surprising number of laughs and theatrical thrills," said RBT Founder and Artistic Director Jesse Berger. Worrkshop performances will take place Friday May 10th at 7:30pm, and Saturday May 11th at 2pm & 7:30pm at Sheen Center Shiner Theatre. For tickets and more information, visit redbulltheater.com/titus-andronicus-2024. Since founding Red Bull Theater in 2003, Jesse Berger has directed productions of Pericles, The Revenger's Tragedy, Edward the Second, Women Beware Women, The Duchess of Malfi, The Witch of Edmonton, The Maids, Volpone, Loot, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Changeling, The Government Inspector, The Alchemist and Arden of Faversham for the company. Jesse's adaptations of The Revenger's Tragedy and Women Beware Women are published by Dramatists Play Service. Jesse has also directed in New York and across the country at such theaters as Denver Center Theatre Company (Richard III), The Old Globe (Othello), Pittsburgh Public Theatre (The Laramie Project, I Am My Own Wife, Life X 3, A Number, Circle Mirror Transformation, An Iliad, Venus in Fur), PlayMakers Repertory (An Iliad), Barrington Stage (Sleuth, Absurd Person Singular), New York Theater Workshop's Larson Lab, SoHo Rep, Lincoln Center Theater Director's Lab at Here, Theaterworks/USA, The Pearl Theatre, Urban Stages, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Theatre J, the Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Hamptons, and St. Louis Shakespeare Festivals, the Asolo Theatre Company, Washington Shakespeare Company (Marat/Sade), among others. He has also directed and helped develop new plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and the Playwright's Center. Jesse received a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of Marat/Sade, and he has been thrice-nominated for the SDC Joe A. Callaway Award for excellence in directing productions at Red Bull Theater: for The Government Inspector, The Witch of Edmonton, and 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. His production of The Maids was nominated as Outstanding Revival by both the Drama League and Lucille Lortel Awards. Jesse received a 2018 OBIE Award for Outstanding Direction of The Government Inspector. Red Bull Theater is New York City's destination for dynamic performances of great plays that stand the test of time as well as new works that are in conversation with the classics. A home for artists, scholars and students, With the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries as its cornerstone, Red Bull Theater strives to make work that is accessible, diverse, and welcoming to all theater-goers while keeping a rich and vital tradition thriving. Red Bull Theater believes in the power of great classic stories and plays of heightened language to deepen our understanding of the human condition, in the special ability of live theater to create unique collective experiences, and in the limitless capacity of classical theater to illuminate the events of our times. Hailed as “the city's gutsiest classical theater” by Time Out New York, Red Bull Theater brings rarely seen classic plays to dynamic new life for contemporary audiences, uniting a respect for tradition with a modern sensibility. Named for the rowdy Jacobean playhouse that illegally performed plays in England during the years of Puritan rule, Red Bull Theater is New York City's home for dynamic performances of great plays that stand the test of time. With the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries as its cornerstone, the company also produces new works that are in conversation with the classics. A home for artists, scholars, and students, Red Bull Theater delights and engages the intellect and imagination of audiences, and strives to make its work accessible, diverse, and welcoming to all. We value and practice inclusiveness, equity, and diversity in all of our activities, and are committed to antiracist action. Red Bull Theater believes in the power of great classic stories and plays of heightened language to deepen our understanding of the human condition, in the special ability of live theater to create unique, collective experiences, and in the timeless capacity of classical theater to illuminate the events of our times. Variety agreed, hailing Red Bull's work as: “Proof that classical theater can still be surprising after hundreds of years.” Since its debut in 2003 with a production of Shakespeare's Pericles starring Daniel Breaker, Red Bull Theater has served adventurous theatergoers with Off-Broadway productions, Revelation Readings, and the annual Short New Play Festival. The company also offers outreach programs including Shakespeare in Schools bringing professional actors and teaching artists into public school classrooms; lBull Sessions, free post-play discussions with top scholars; and Classical Acting Intensives led by veteran theater professionals. During the pandemic, Red Bull created several new and ongoing programs to serve audiences and artists with our mission: the Red Bull Theater Podcast, Online Readings, Seminars, and more. "The classics-shaking Red Bull Theater,” as Time Out NY has called it, has produced 24 Off-Broadway productions and over 200 Revelation Readings of rarely seen classics, serving a community of more than 5,000 artists and providing quality artistic programming to an audience of over 65,000. The company's unique programming has received ongoing critical acclaim and has been recognized with Lortel, Drama Desk, Drama League, Callaway, Off-Broadway Alliance, and OBIE nominations and Awards. For more information about the 20th Anniversary Festival, or any of Red Bull Theater's programs, visit www.redbulltheater.com. |
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