Cast Set For Edward Albee's AT HOME AT THE ZOO at Ruth Stage
Performances are January 15th at 7:00 PM, January 16th at 8:00 PM, and January 17th at 8pm.
Ruth Stage will return to the Jersey Shore Arts Center with Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo — the complete and fully realized version of The Zoo Story, presented with the approval of the Edward Albee Estate.
Following Ruth Stage’s acclaimed September run of The Zoo Story, the Estate has entrusted the company with the continuation of the saga, granting access to Albee’s powerful prequel Homelife — allowing audiences to experience the full emotional journey for the very first time in Asbury Park.
This explosive revival stars a powerhouse trio of stage and screen talent:
• Christian Jules LeBlanc — Three-time Emmy Award winner & star of The Young and the Restless
• Nancy Lemenager — Broadway leading lady (Chicago, Movin’ Out, Never Gonna Dance)
• Matt de Rogatis — Acclaimed Off-Broadway star of Ruth Stage’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Helmed by the Oxford-trained director and filmmaker Theo Devaney, this production promises a visceral, psychologically charged experience as domestic intimacy collides with feral desperation — culminating in the now-legendary park bench encounter that changed American theater forever. At Home at the Zoo is a blazing portrait of marriage, loneliness, masculinity, power, and the human need to be seen.
This exclusive and limited three night only event takes place January 15th at 7:00 PM, January 16th at 8:00 PM, and January 17th at 8pm with audience talkbacks featured on the 15th and 16th.
All shows will be performed at the Jersey Shore Arts Center – 66 South Main Street – Ocean Grove, NJ
At Home at the Zoo marks the next milestone in Ruth Stage’s multiyear Asbury Park Residency Initiative, a bold plan to build Asbury into the company’s creative home base and a launching ground for future New York City transfers. Returning with a larger cast, more ambitious staging, and a fusion of Hollywood, Broadway, and Off-Broadway talent — Ruth Stage continues to forge a new cultural identity for the Jersey Shore.
|
Adelphi Orchestra: American Voices at 250 Fair Lawn Community Center Theater (10/10-10/10) |
|
America: Honoring 250 Years The Presbyterian Church of Westfield (9/26-9/27) |
|
Effa Loves Baseball Premiere Stages at Kean University (9/03-9/20) |
|
Mahler's Fifth Symphony Count Basie Center for the Arts (3/20-3/20) |
|
Matilda Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center (6/25-6/27) |
|
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini New Jersey Performing Arts Center (1/22-1/22) |
|
High School Musical Jr. Greater Ocean City Theatre Company (8/28-8/29) |
|
|
Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre at the Count Basie Center (10/11-10/11) |
|
The American Soldier Cape May Stage (10/23-10/25) |
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in Concert State Theatre New Jersey (2/28-2/28) |