Off-Broadway NewsTiffanyVillarin Will Join Gregg Mozgala in World Premiere of Teenage Dick at Public TheaterMa-Yi Theater Company presents Mike Lew's contemporary re-imagining of Richard III.
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Olivia Clement, Andrew Gans
April 20, 2018
Tiffany Villarin
TiffanyVillarin (House Rules) completes the cast for the world premiere of Mike Lew's play Teenage Dick, a re-imagining of Shakespeare's Richard III that will arrive Off-Broadway this summer.
Gregg Mozgala
Gregg Mozgala, who recently starred in Martyna Majok's Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost of Living and can currently be seen in Caryl Churchill's Light Shining In Buckinghamshire at New York Theatre Workshop, will head the cast. As previously reported, he will be joined by Shannon DeVido (The Healing, Difficult People), Nick Dillenburg (Orange Is the New Black), Sasha Diamond (Significant Other), and Marinda Anderson (Bella: An American Tall Tale).
The play will be presented at the Public Theater by Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company in association with The Public.
Teenage Dick is directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel and choreographed by Jennifer Weber (KPOP). Performances will begin June 12 ahead of a June 20 opening night. The run is scheduled through July 15.
Set at Roseland High, Teenage Dick tells the story of a 16-year-old outsider in the deepest winter of his discontent: his junior year. Picked on because of his cerebral palsy (as well as his sometimes-creepy Shakespearean way of speaking), Richard is determined to have his revenge and make his name by becoming president of the senior class.
The Off-Broadway premiere will feature set design by Wilson Chin, costume design by Junghyun Georgia Lee, lighting design by Miriam Crowe, sound design by Fabian Obispo, and movement coordination by Robert Westley. Alyssa K. Howard is the production stage manager.
Teenage Dick was developed and commissioned by The Apothetae, Mozgala's theatre company dedicated to nurturing plays that explore and illuminate the disabled experience. The play was also developed by The Public Theater as part of its 2016 Public Studio Series, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference. The production is part of The Lark’s Venturous Playwright Fellowship Program.
For more information on Teenage Dick and to purchase tickets, visit Ma-YiTheatre.org.
