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Photos: Inside Opening Night of Primary Stages' PEERLESS at 59E59 Theaters

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By: Oct. 12, 2022
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PRIMARY STAGES and 59E59 Theaters, in association with Jamie deRoy, opened peerless last night at 59E59's Theater A by 2019/20 Tow Playwright-in-Residence Jiehae Park (Hannah and the Dread Gazebo) and directed by Margot Bordelon (...what the end will be)

Check out the opening night photos below!

A darkly comedic twist on Shakespeare's Macbeth set in the cutthroat world of elite college admissions, Jiehae Park's clever and incisive adaptation, peerless, is a comedy...until it's not. This new version of the classic story centers on M and L, twin Asian-American siblings who have given up everything to get into The College. When another classmate claims what they feel is rightfully "their spot," the twins decide they have only one option: murder.

The cast of peerless includes Marié Botha ("Dickinson") as "Dirty Girl/Preppy Girl," Anthony Cason (Oklahoma!) as "BF," Sasha Diamond (Teenage Dick) as "M," Benny Wayne Sully (My First Native American Boyfriend) as "D/Brother" and Shannon Tyo (The Chinese Lady) as "L."

peerless features scenic design by Kristen Robinson (Oratorio for Living Things), costume design by Amanda Gladu (The Jury), lighting design by Mextly Couzin (Which Way to the Stage), compositions and sound design by Palmer Hefferan (The Skin of our Teeth), fight direction by Michael Rossmy (These Paper Bullets), and props supervision by Sean Sanford (Sanctuary City). Vickie Ramirez is the Cultural Consultant, Megan Schwarz Dickert is the Stage Manager, Malie Fujii is the Assistant Stage Manager, and Tameishia Peterson is the COVID Safety Manager. Casting is by Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA, of TBD Casting and Tanis Parenteau is the Casting Assistant.

The performance schedule for peerless is as follows: Tuesday - Saturday at 7:00pm and Saturday - Sunday at 2:00pm. Exceptions: there will be no performances on Tuesday October 18, Tuesday October 25 or Friday October 28.

Tickets to peerless begin at $25 and are available now at 59e59.org/shows/show-detail/peerless.

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

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Benny Wayne Sully, Sasha Diamond, Shannon Tyo, Marie Botha, Anthony Cason

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Benny Wayne Sully, , Sasha Diamond, Shannon Tyo, Marie Botha, Anthony Cason

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Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director, & Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director

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Anthony Cason, Marie Botha, Benny Wayne Sully, Shannon Tyo, Sasha Diamond

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Shannon Tyo, Benny Wayne Sully, Anthony Cason, Sasha Diamond Margot Bordelon, Marie Botha, Jiehae Park

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Anthony Cason, Sasha Diamond, Shannon Tyo

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Sasha Diamond & Shannon Tyo

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Peerless

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Shane Hudson, Carl Address, Andrew Leynse

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Shane Hudson, Mary Borba, Marla Persky, Andrew Leynse

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Andrew Leynse, Margot Bordelon, Susan He Stanton

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Cecilia Lin, Richard Maltby Jr., Jamie deRoy

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Marsi Gardiner & Jason Kravits

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Jiehae Park & Richard Maltby Jr.

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Jiehae Park & Jamie deRoy

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Kate Hamill & Erin Daley

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Paul Katz & friend

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Jiehae Park, friend, Margot Bordelon

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Primary Stages

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Shayne Hudson, Jamie deRoy, Jiehae Park, Margot Bordelon, Erin Daley, Andrew Leynse

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Mary Bacon

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Jiehae Park & Eileen Wiseman

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Jason Kravits & Jamie deRoy

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Daniel Dunlow & Eda Sorokoff

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Christine Delisle, Ken Klein, Jamie deRoy

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Ted Snowdon & Jamie deRoy

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Adam Gwon

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Andries Berendsen & Rehanna Almestica

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Jamie deRoy & Richard Maltby Jr.

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Peerless

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