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Stage Door News
The streets are full of protest. Economic inequality strains the social fabric. Debates rage throughout a nation riddled with dissension and distrust. It’s election year in Rome, 493 B.C.E., and as unscrupulous politicians manipulate public opinion, the hypocrisy and humiliation of political campaigns drive away the country’s finest. But beneath this political drama looms the personal tragedy of one principled man’s emotional blindness.
This visceral new production is led by Dion Johnstone (Stratford Festival’s Othello, Titus, Macbeth) as Coriolanus in his New York Debut, Broadway luminary Patrick Page (Cymbeline, Spring Awakening) as Menenius, and Royal Shakespeare Company veteran Lisa Harrow (Wit, The Omen) as Volumnia.
Also in the cast, Matthew Amendt as Aufidius, Rebecca S’manga Frank as Virgilia, Zachary Fine as Titus Lartius, Merritt Janson as Brutus, Aaron Krohn as Cominius, Christina Pumariega as Valeria and Stephen Spinella as Sicinius.
Michael Sexton, Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Society in NYC, directs, Brett J. Banakis is the set and lighting designer, Ásta Bennie Hostetter is the costume designer and Brandon Wolcott the sound designer.
Coriolanus runs October 18- November 20 at the Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street, New York.
Red Bull Theater is dedicated to the exploration and creation of heightened language plays. With the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries as our cornerstone, Red Bull Theater engages today's theatergoers through intimate and imaginative performances of great classic stories from all eras and cultures.
For tickets, visit www.redbulltheater.com.
Photo: Dion Johnstone.
2016-09-18
New York: Stratford star Dion Johnstone makes his New York debut as Coriolanus October 18-November 20