New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Acting Managing Director FRed Walker have announced that The Sound and The Fury (April Seventh, 1928), based on part one of the novel by William Faulkner, created by Elevator Repair Service (ERS), and directed by John Collins, will begin performances Tuesday, April 15, at NYTW, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. Opening night is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00pm. The production will run through May 18.
Elevator Repair Service, a theater ensemble, was founded by John Collins and a group of actors in 1991. The ensemble's body of work combines elements of slapstick comedy, hi-tech and lo-tech design, vaudeville, both literary and found text, found objects and discarded furniture, and the group's own highly developed style of choreography. Recently, ERS' focus has turned to literature with work based on the fiction of Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, and, now, William Faulkner. These include the Bessie Award-winning Room Tone (2002-2004), No Great Society (2007 at NYTW's 4th Street Theatre), and Gatz, the group's highly acclaimed marathon performance of The Great Gatsby, which continues to tour the U.S. and Europe and will next be seen at the Dublin Theatre Festival.Written by Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner in 1929, The Sound and the Fury tells the story of the decline of the Compson family of fictional Yoknapatawpha county, Mississippi. A once noble clan descended from a Civil War hero, the family falls victim to many of the shortcomings Faulkner believed were the problems of the reconstructed South—racism, greed, selfishnesss—thereby showing how the ideals and life of the old South could not easily be maintained or preserved in the post-Civil War era. April Seventh, 1928, part one of the novel, is told from the point of view of Benjy Compson, who is mute with the mind of a child.The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) plays at New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th Street, between Second Avenue and Bowery. The regular performance schedule is Tuesday at 7:00pm, Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm. The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) runs through May 18. Tickets, which go on sale March 15, are $55 and may be purchased online at www.telecharge.com, 24 hours a day, seven days a week or by phoning Telecharge.com at (212) 239-6200. For exact dates and times of performance, call Telecharge.com. For more information about The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928), visit www.nytw.org.
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