Yale Rep's THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE Begins Today

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE presents THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE by Bertolt Brecht, translated from the German by James and Tania Stern with W.H. Auden, directed by Liz Diamond, tonight, March 20-April 11 at the University Theatre (222 York Street). Opening Night is Thursday, March 26.

The cast of THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE includes Aaron Bartz, Harry Bouvy, Andrew Burnap, Anne Katherine Hägg, Tracey Conyer Lee, Jonathan Majors, Drew McVety, Brenda Meaney, Aubie Merrylees, Chivas Michael, Max Gordon Moore, Jesse J. Perez, Kourtney Savage, Steven Skybell, Julyana Soelistyo, Shaunette Renée Wilson, and Liz Wisan.

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE features music composed by David Lang, choreography by Randy Duncan, music direction by Daniel Schlosberg, scenic design by Chika Shimizu, costumes by Soule Golden, lighting by Stephen Strawbridge, sound design by Matt Tierney, vocal coaching by Grace Zandarski, fight direction by Rick Sordelet, dramaturgy by David E. Bruin and David Clauson, and stage management by Shannon L. Gaughf.

In the war-torn country of Grusinia, a young servant named Grusha rescues the abandoned baby of a deposed Governor and raises him as her own. Years later, the ruler's wife returns to reclaim her child-and the two mothers bring their case before a cynical, battle-weary judge. An epic fable set against the harrowing backdrop of civil war, The Caucasian Chalk Circle puts the competing claims of law and justice, of blood and love, to the ultimate test.

OBIE Award-winning Resident Director Liz Diamond (The Winter's Tale, Happy Now?, Saint Joan of the Stockyards) returns to Yale Rep with a new production of the great 20th-century poet-playwright Bertolt Brecht's theatrical, lyrical, and bitingly satiric masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE is Yale Rep's 2014-15 WILL POWER! production. The run includes 10:15AM performances on April 8 and 9, 2015, available only to high school groups. For information on WILL POWER! performances, please contact Roger-Paul Snell at yalerep@yale.edu.

Tickets for THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE range from $20-99 and are available online at yalerep.org, by phone at (203) 432-1234, and in person at the Yale Rep Box Office (1120 Chapel Street). Student, senior, and group rates are also available.

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