Night Just Before the Forest by Bernard-Marie Koltès at Cleveland State University Black Box Theatre

Trailer
https://youtu.be/rxJTtjVVMcs?feature=shared

Borderlight Theatre Festival
Includes
Bernard-Marie Koltès Ohio Premiere

Lazaros Theodorakopoulos produces and stars in the tour-de-force solo play,

NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE FOREST
by the acclaimed French playwright
Bernard-Marie Koltès,
translated by Timothy Johns,
directed by Bill Bowers.

(60 minutes / Warning: some profanity)

JULY 25 @ 5:30PM
JULY 26 @ 9PM
JULY 27 @ 6:30PM
@
Cleveland State University (CSU)
Black Box Theatre

Review
https://www.thenationalherald.com/review-lazaros-theodorakopoulos-in-the-night-just-bef
ore-the-forests/

Tickets
https://www.borderlightcle.org/night-just-before-the-forest/

2024 USA/CANADA TOUR

April 5,6,12,13 at Mabou Mines Studio in NYC
April 27, 28 at Oregon Fringe Festival in OREGON
July 24-27 at Borderlight Theater Festival in OHIO
August 1 at Stella Adler Studio in NYC
August 8-11 at Guelph Fringe Festival in CANADA
August 12-18 at St Lou Fringe Festival in MISSOURI
September 6 at Philadelphia Fringe Festival in PENNSYLVANIA

NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE FOREST (written in 1977) was Koltès’ first widely acclaimed play.
He is considered to be heir to Samuel Beckett, Jean Cocteau and Jean Genet and his plays
have been translated into more than 36 languages. Koltès died of complications from AIDS in
1989.

NIGHT JUST BEFORE THE FOREST is described as “an unstoppable monologue that must be
uttered. Not sure where it came from. As definite and unknown as love, life and death is. Will
you find the words to say what you want to say? Will you manage to love, live, or die? Will you
manage to finish this monologue?" (producer's note)

Originally from Greece, Theodorakopoulos has been an actor in NYC and Greece for twelve
years and began collaborating on this production with Bill Bowers in 2021. Both studied acting
at the legendary William Esper Studio.

In the US, Timothy Johns' translation (1982) was first read by Gilbert Price on June 13, 1983 at
Ubu Repertory Theater in New York and first performed by Kevin V. Smith (directed by E
Barnick) in 2012 at Viaduct Theater in Chicago.

THEODORAKOPOULOS produced and starred in the 2022 New York premiere of Koltes’ play
(in another English translation) at the Archdiocesan Hellenic Cultural Center. The 2024 tour,
which began in New York on April 5, is Theodorakopoulos' second run of "La Nuit juste avant les
forêts" by Bernard-Marie Koltès, translated by Timothy Johns and includes Bernard-Marie Koltès
premiere in Oregon, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri. Learn more at www.thelazaros.com