Following a sold-out run at Brooklyn Academy of Music this past winter, Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, will transfer to Classic Stage Company鈥檚 Lynn F. Angelson Theater, running September 12-November 3.
Helmed by Ukrainian-born director Igor Golyak, the production is the first of two plays in the Arlekin in Residency at Classic Stage Company series. Golyak鈥檚 adaptation of The Merchant of Venice will follow, November 22-December 22.
The cast of Our Class鈥攚hich follows ten Polish classmates, five Jewish and five Catholic, who later turn on one another鈥攆eatures Gus Birney (The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window) as Dora, Andrey Burkovskiy (Call DiCaprio!) as Menachem, Jos茅 Espinosa (Take Me Out) as Rysiek, Tess Goldwyn (New Amsterdam) as Zocha, Will Manning (As Reaper in the Summer Gain) as Heniek, Stephen Ochsner (Chicks) as Jakub Katz, Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof) as Rachelka/Marianna, Richard Topol (Indecent) as Abram, Ilia Volok (Gemini Man) as W艂adek, and Elan Zafir (Hedda Gabler) as Zygmunt.
Much of the company will return for The Merchant of Venice, including Topol as Shylock and Silber as Portia, joined by Birney, Espinosa, Goldwyn, and Ochsner with additional casting to be announced.
鈥淲e鈥檙e so pleased to welcome Arlekin and the riveting work of Igor Golyak into our theatre,鈥� says CSC Producing Artistic Director Jill Rafson in a statement. 鈥淲e鈥檙e thrilled to bring in work that is aligned with CSC鈥檚 mission and that uses our unique space both to expand the canon and to embrace the theatricality of the Lynn F. Angelson Theater. We鈥檙e excited about this Arlekin residency and the collaboration with MART Foundation that is making it possible, and we can鈥檛 wait to share these plays both with the CSC communities and audiences who will set foot in our space for the first time.鈥�
Our Class features scenic design by Jan Pappelbaum, 褋ostume design by Sasha Ageeva, lighting design by Adam Silverman, music by Anna Drubich, music direction by Lisa Gutkin, projections design by Eric Dunlap, chalk drawings design by Adreea Mincic, choreography by Or Schraiber, intimacy design by Leana Gardella, hair and makeup design by Timur Sadykov, and dramaturgy by Dr. Rachel Merrill Moss. Kyra Bowie
is the production stage manager.
Our Class is co-executive produced by MART鈥檚 Sofia Kapkova and Arlekin鈥檚 Sara Stackhouse, who also executive produces The Merchant of Venice.
Tickets for Our Class are available . Tickets for The Merchant of Venice are available .
