Classic Stage Company Presents Return of 'First Look Festival'
By: Faetra Petillo Sep. 11, 2008
Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present the return of its popular First Look Festival – a program of one-night only staged readings, performed by notable actors. This season, the CSC First Look Festival turns its gaze to the works of Bertolt Brecht, perhaps one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th Century. Brecht's plays redefined the very nature of theatrical presentation to address the most pressing concerns of his tumultuous generation. CSC will be presenting four of Brecht's seminal works: The Caucasian Chalk Circle, In the Jungle of Cities, The Good Person of Sezuan, and Life of Galileo. The line-up is as follows:
Steven Rattazzi & Elisabeth Waterston inThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
Monday, Sept. 22 at 8pm
Directed by JaveriAntonio GonzalezDidi O'Connell in
In the Jungle of Cities
Monday, Sept. 29 at 8pm
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Featuring company members from The TEAM
(3-time Edinburgh Fringe First Winners)
Elizabeth Marvel & Jeremy Strong in
The Good Person of Sezuan
Monday, Oct. 13 at 8pm
Adapted by Tony Kushner
Directed by Tony Speciale
Music by Christian Frederickson
Life of Galileo
Monday, Oct. 20 at 8pm
Directed by Brian KulickNow in its 41st season as one of New York's most exciting Off-Broadway theatres, Classic Stage Company is the award-winning Off-Broadway theatre committed to re-imagining the classical repertory for a contemporary American audience. CSC presents plays from the past that speak directly to the issues of today. As we return to works of the past, we endeavor to keep a clear eye on the future, particularly in terms of the next generation of artists and audiences. CSC's artists are the best-established and emerging theater practitioners working in this country. Highly respected and widely regarded as a major force in New York and American theatre, CSC has been cited repeatedly by all the major Off-Broadway theatre awards: Obies, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and 1999 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work. CSC's new production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, starring Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin and directed by Brian Kulick, is now in previews and opens September 18.
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