Stage Door News
Stage Door News
Red Bull Theater today announced that their Twelfth Season will continue with a staged reading of John Marston's THE MALCONTENT, directed by Derek Smith, featuring Geraint Wyn Davies of the Stratford Festival along with the previously announced Matthew Rauch ("Banshee"), four-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason, Kelley Curran, Clifton Duncan, Cameron Folmar, Christopher Innvar, Rachel Mewbron, Christina Rouner, Rocco Sisto, Susanna Stahlmann, and Nathan Wilkenstein.
This savage satire follows Malevole, the sarcastic court jester as he lambastes Renaissance Genoa with his caustic wit. But in a tale of false deaths, seductions, and adulteries, is this jester truly what he seems to be?
This will be a rare opportunity to see Wyn Davies in a play by Marston, none of whose plays have ever been staged at the Stratford Festival. THE MALCONTENT plays Monday, November 16th at 7:30 PM, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson). Purchase tickets at www.redbulltheater.com or by phone at (212) 352-3101. Tickets On Sale Now.
Future Revelation Readings will include Cyril Tourneur's The Atheist's Tragedy, Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour, Thomas Middleton's A Trick To Catch The Old One, Philip Massinger's The Roman Actor, Shakespeare's Coriolanus, Frances Burney's The Woman Hater, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and William Congreve's The Way of the World.
Red Bull Theater, hailed as "the city's gutsiest classical theater" by Time Out New York, is the not-profit Off-Broadway theater company specializing in plays of heightened language. With the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries as its cornerstone, Red Bull Theater embraces the imagination of theatergoers through intimate, imaginative productions of great classic stories from all eras and cultures.
Red Bull Theater has previously staged productions of Pericles, The Revenger's Tragedy, Edward the Second, Women Beware Women, The Duchess of Malfi, The Witch of Edmonton, The Maids, The Dance of Death, Loot, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Volpone, and last season's hit production of 'Tis Pity She's A Whore.
Red Bull Theater's work has been recognized with multiple Callaway, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, and OBIE Award nominations and Awards. The company has staged over 125 readings through its ongoing OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings, named by the Village Voice "Best Play Reading Series," and has developed new plays of heightened language and classical adaptations through its Cockpit and In-the-Raw workshop series. Red Bull Theater reaches out to NYC students of all ages through Direct Address education programs teaching Shakespeare in middle schools and offering student matinees. Post-play Bull Session discussions with scholars following selected Sunday matinees and Readings are free and open to the public.
Memberships and member tickets are on sale now, offering up to 40% off regular prices. Single tickets for The School For Scandal and for The Changeling are on sale now. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.redbulltheater.com or call (212) 352-3101.
From www.broadwayworld.com.
Photo: Geraint Wyn Davies. ©2013 Jeannie Musick.
2015-11-10
New York: Geraint Wyn Davies joins Red Bull Theater's production of "The Malcontent" November 16