Mabou Mines Lear

Written by

William Shakespeare

Adapted and Directed by

Lee Breuer

"...people who learn that you were in New York in 1990 will want to know what you thought of this Lear."

-Michael Feingold, The Village Voice

PREMIERE: Triplex Performing Arts Center, NYC
January 9, 1990

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Cast

Ruth Maleczech – Lear
Greg Mehrten – The Fool
Isabell Monk – Gloucester
Kimberly Scott – Wilda
Lola Pashalinski – Kent
Ellen McElduff – Elva
Karen Evans-Kandel – Edna
Bill Raymond -Goneril
Ron Vawter – Regan
Black-Eyed Susan – Albany
Honora Fergusson – Cornwall
Lute Ramblin’ – Cordelion
Clove Galilee – France
Maya O’Reilly – Burgundy
Joanna Adler and Allison Dubin – Henchwomen to Cornwall
Frier McCollister and Pedro Rosado Body Guards to Elva

Score by Pauline Oliveros
Set Design by Alison Yerxa
Lighting Design by Arden Fingerhut with Lenore Doxsee
Costume Design by Ghretta Hynd
Sound Design by L. B. Dallas and Eric Liljestrand
Fight Staging by B. H. Barry
Dramaturgy: Alisa Solomon
Stage Manager: Elizabeth Valsing
Managing Director: Anthony Vasconcellos
Company Manager: Joel Bassin
Production Manager: Monica Bowin

PRODUCTION HISTORY

George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ (1987)
Theatre Institute at Storm King, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (July 5-31, 1988)
Benefit: Anspacher Theater, The Public Theater, NYC (Dec 12, 1988)
Smith College, Northampton, MA (March 31-April 1, 1989)
Triplex Theater, NYC (Jan 9-Feb 11, 1990)