Lee directs her work commissioned by Soho Rep that will play a limited engagement through Jan. 31. Dean Moss will choreograph. The cast features Paul Lazar, April Matthis, Okwui Okpokwasili, Pete Simpson and Amelia Workman.
Lear, according to press notes, "focuses not on the aging Lear and Gloucester, but rather on their adult children who turned their backs on their fathers' suffering. Though intensely personal, Young Jean Lee's Lear is a striking tragedy about despair, the end of life and familial piety."
Here is a look at the production:
Amelia Workman and April Matthis
Blaine Davis
Amelia Workman, Paul Lazar, Okwui Okpokwasili and April Matthis
Blaine Davis
Paul Lazar with Pete Simpson (background)
Blaine Davis
Okwui Okpokwasili and April Matthis
Blaine Davis
Amelia Workman and Pete Simpson
Blaine Davis
Soho Rep is located at 46 Walker Street in Manhattan. For more information, visit SohoRep.org
