RED BULL THEATER
presents
REVELATION READINGS
OBIE AWARD-WINNING READING SERIES
September 15th 2008 – March 2nd 2009
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER READINGS
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), Bill Camp, and More!
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.
Starring F Murray Abraham (Amadeus, Merchant of Venice)
Monday October 6, 7pm
A HORSE’S ASS
by David Greenspan, loosely adapted from 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.
Directed by Ethan McSweeny (The Persians, 1001)
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)
COMING THIS SEASON
A full production of
Thomas Middleton’s WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
Directed by Jesse Berger
Tickets on sale soon…
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.
Directed by Moises Kaufman
LOCATION
Theater at St. Clement’s
423 West 46th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
Subway: A/C/E to 42nd Street, Exit on 44th Street
Parking: 415 West 45th Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues
TICKETS
$25 Adults
$10 Students/Industry*
$100/$250 Benefit
$65+ Subscription Packages Available
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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JESSE BERGER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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212.414.5168
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