Previews for NAATCO'S Henry VI to Start Next Week at The Public

The Public Theater will begin previews for NAATCO’s production of Henry VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts. After a successful run in 2018, the production, adapted and directed by Stephen Brown-Fried, will begin performances in The Public’s Newman Theater on Tuesday, June 9. HENRY VI will run through Sunday, July 19, with an official opening on Sunday, June 21. The production will run in repertory with Part 1 playing on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Part 2 on Wednesdays and Fridays. For the first weekend of performances, Part 1 will play on Saturday and Part 2 will play on Sunday. For all other weekend performances, both parts will run in repertory starting with a 1:00 p.m. showing of Part 1 and a 7:00 p.m. showing of Part 2.    

The two companies have a history of collaboration on productions such as OUT OF TIME in 2022 and AWAKE AND SING! in 2015. NAATCO returns to The Public with their production of Henry VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts, adapted and directed by Stephen Brown-Fried. Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Parts 1-3, a  saga of a nation spinning wildly out of control, has been condensed into two parts and will be performed in rep. Part 1: Foreign Wars kicks off with the funeral of King Henry V, leaving his infant son on the throne and sending the country into decades of spiraling chaos both abroad and at home. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later, as nascent domestic feuds rapidly metastasize into the full-blown civil war known as the War of the Roses.

The cast of HENRY VI includes Tommy Bo (John Talbot), Rajesh Bose (York), Kimiye Corwin (Somerset), Myka Cue (Joan), John D. Haggerty (Talbot), Ðavid Lee Huỳnh (Charles, the Dauphin), Anna Ishida (Warwick), Paul Juhn (Suffolk), Mia Katigbak (Gloucester), Teresa Avia Lim (Margaret), Orville Mendoza (Jack Cade), Jon Norman Schneider (Henry VI), David Shih (Edward of York), Julyana Soelistyo (Richard), Sue Jin Song (Bedford), and James Yaegashi (Winchester). Casting is by tbd casting co.

HENRY VI features scenic design by dots; costume design by threeASFOUR; lighting design by Mextly Couzin; sound design by Kate Marvin; and prop supervision by Thomas Jenkeleit. Kimiye Corwin and Orlando Pabotoy provide the fight choreography and movement direction, with Corwin also providing intimacy coordination.  Rakesh Palisetty is the associate director, Victoria Whooper is the production stage manager, and Genevieve Ortiz is the assistant stage manager. Sara Sahin has also assisted production as the interim stage manager. Lay Hoon Tan is the production manager.

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