Bedlam Announces ROMEO & JULIET/UNCLE VANYA In Repertory

BEDLAM (Eric Tucker, Artistic Director; Kimberly Pau Boston, Managing Director) announces they will kick-off their 2018-2019 Season with ROMEO & JULIET and UNCLE VANYA in repertory, directed by Eric Tucker. Previews begin Friday, September 14, 2018, at the Mezzanine Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 W 53rd Street), opening Tuesday, September 25, 2018, for a limited 7 week run through Sunday, October 28, 2018.

"I'm looking forward to examining the ways privilege can permeate everyday life through a modern retelling of these classic plays," said director Eric Tucker.

Cast, design team and ticket information for ROMEO & JULIET/UNCLE VANYA will be announced shortly.

William Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET is the iconic tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers and their feuding families. Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA tells the story of the visit of an elderly professor and his glamorous, much younger second wife, to the rural estate that supports their urban lifestyle.

The playing schedule for ROMEO & JULIET/UNCLE VANYA is as follows: Tuesday through Thursday at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Please note there will be no performances Saturday, September 15, and an added performance Monday, September 17.

The A.R.T./New York Theatres are a project of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York), which provide state-of-the-art, accessible venues at subsidized rental rates, plus free access to top-line technical equipment, so that the city's small and emerging theatre companies can continue to experiment, grow, and produce new works. Founded in 1972, A.R.T./New York is the leading service and advocacy organization for New York City's 380+ nonprofit theatres, with a mission to assist member theatres in managing their companies effectively so that they may realize their rich artistic visions and serve their diverse audiences well. We accomplish this through a comprehensive roster of real estate, financial, educational, and community-building programs, as well as research, advocacy, and field-wide initiatives that seek to improve the long-term health and sustainability of the industry. Over the years, A.R.T./New York has received numerous honors, including an Obie Award, an Innovative Theatre Award, a New York City Mayor's Award for Arts & Culture, and a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre. For more information, please visit www.art-newyork.org.

BEDLAM's past critically-acclaimed productions are enjoying runs across the country. A tour of HAMLET/SAINT JOAN recently played Los Angeles and Boston, and a production of SAINT JOAN will play The Folger Theatre in Washington D.C. in May and June of 2018. Recent BEDLAM productions include PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw at The Sheen Center, PETER PAN by J.M. Barrie at The Duke on 42nd, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY by Kate Hamill at A.R.T., Houston's Stark Naked Theatre Company's SAINT JOAN, Boston's Central Square Theater's SAINT JOAN and TWELFTH NIGHT/WHAT YOU WILL, and The McCarter Theater's HAMLET/SAINT JOAN.

Committed to the immediacy of the relationship between the actor and the audience, BEDLAM creates works of theatre that reinvigorate traditional forms in a flexible, raw space, collapsing aesthetic distance and bringing its viewers into direct contact with the dangers and delicacies of life. In this new, fresh, active environment storytelling becomes paramount and the result is a kinetic experience of shared empathy.

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