Young Jean Lee (Writer), Jody McAuliffe (Director)
Spring, 2013
Fiercely talented contemporary New York playwright Young Jean Lee has written a freaky, postmodern take on Shakespeare’s greatest play, King Lear. As Lee describes her highly original version: “the kids are in the palace, they’ve just kicked the fathers out into the storm; they pretend they’re fine, then realize they’re not.” This is a strange, funny, deeply moving meditation on children and their fathers.
Young Jean Lee visited Duke February 16 to meet and work with the cast and creative team.
Cast & Crew
Lear
by Young Jean Lee
Director Jody McAuliffe
Set Designer Torry Bend |
Fight Director Jeff A.R. Jones |
Costume Designer Sonya Drum |
Stage Manager Mike Myers |
Lighting Designer Roz Fulton |
Asst. Stage Manager Hillary Spiritos |
Choreographer Clay Taliaferro |
Asst. Director/Sound Board Operator Alpha Tessema |
Dramaturg Jules Odendahl-James |
Light Board Operator Brandon Braxton |
Composer Bryan Christian |
Asst. Set Designer Abby Starnes |
The Company of Actors
Conrad Haynes | Edgar, Conrad, Gordon |
Madeleine Roberts | Regan, Maddy, Susan |
Jazmine Noble | Goneril, Jazmine, Maria |
Max Tabet | Edmund, Max, Big Bird |
Faye Goodwin | Cordelia, Faye, Olivia |