Urie, Abraham and Rees part of Red Bull Theater's 'Revelation Readings' Series

Red Bull Theater, artistic director Jesse Berger, announced the return of 'Revelation Readings', the Obie Award-winning reading series exploring new and classic plays of heightened language.

Monday September 15, 7pm

A BENEFIT READING OF RESTORATION COMEDY by Amy Freed (The Beard of Avon)

New York Premiere, directed by Jesse Berger Featuring Michael Urie ("Ugly Betty," Revenger's Tragedy) A hilarious fusion of Vanbrugh's classic sex-farce The Relapse and its wild prequel Cibber's Love's Last Shift, this new comedy is not to be missed. VIP reception with the artists beforehand.  Cocktail party with live music follows the reading. Admission: $100 Reading & Party, $250 VIP Reception + Reading & Party.  Reserve now at www.redbulltheater.com or 212.352.3101

Monday September 29, 7pm

THE SILENT WOMAN by Ben Jonson

This Jacobean gem is satirically savvy, with a surprisingly sexy twist. Directed by Eleanor Holdridge

Starring F Murray Abraham (Amadeus, Merchant of Venice)

Monday October 6, 7pm

A HORSE'S ASS by David Greenspan, loosely adapted by Pietro Aretino's Renaissance comedy, Il Marescalco 1526.

Mantua. A homosexual man will be forced at knifepoint to marry a woman. He's tearing his hair out. Directed by Leigh Silverman (Well)

Monday October 27, 7pm

THE CENCI by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Tyranny, incest, and assassination - a 16th century tragedy comes to vivid life in the hands of one of the great Romantic poets. Directed by Eleanor Holdridge

Featuring Lisa Harrow (Wit) and Roger Rees (Indiscretions)

Monday November 17, 7pm

THE MALCONTENT by John Marston

A truculent tragicomedy, this scathing attack on government corruption is timely, terrifying, and disconcertingly amusing. Featuring Matthew Rauch (Revenger's Tragedy)

Monday December 8, 7pm

DOCTOR FAUSTUS by Christopher Marlowe

Faustus sells his soul to the Devil for knowledge - the classic tale, as only Marlowe could have told it! Directed by Mark Lamos (Cymbeline)    

 

 2009 READINGS

 

Monday January 12, 7pm

ELECTRICIDAD: A Chicano take on the tragedy of Electra  by Luis Alfaro

Sophocles' great classic re-imagined, set in a contemporary Los Angeles barrio. Directed by Lisa Peterson

 Monday February 23, 7pm

The RoyAl Hunt of the Sun by Peter Shaffer

A modern epic about the conquest of Peru by Spain and the destruction of the Inca Empire, a clash of cultures brought about by an occupying force. Directed by Joe Hardy

 Monday March 2, 7pm

THE SIEGE OF NUMANTIA by Miguel de Cervantes

A devastating play about honor, sacrifice, and the last days of Numantia by the creator of Don Quixote.      

 

All readings take place at Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues). 

TICKETS will be $25 Adults / $10 Students & Industry* (*use discount code "Student" or "Industry". Valid ID required.)

Purchase at www.redbulltheater.com  or call 212-352-3101, or 866-811-4111 (toll-free)

Red Bull Theater is a 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit company dedicated to the presentation of vital and imaginative productions of heightened language plays and to the development of new plays written in a similar vein. With a special focus on the Jacobean plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Red Bull Theater aspires to challenge the intellect and engage the imagination of today's theatergoers through language-based, company-created, resonantly provocative stagings of great classic stories. Donations to Red Bull Theater are fully tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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