PREVIEWS BEGIN TONIGHT, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14 FOR BEDLAM'S UNCLE ROMEO VANYA JULIET

DIRECTED BY ERIC TUCKER
UNCLE VANYA ADAPTED BY KIMBERLY PAU
PREVIEWS BEGIN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
OPENING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
LIMITED 7-WEEK RUN THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28
AT THE MEZZANINE THEATRE AT THE A.R.T./NEW YORK THEATRES
(September 14, 2018 - New York, NY) Performances begin tonight for BEDLAM’s (Eric Tucker, Artistic Director; Kimberly Pau Boston, Managing Director) new production of UNCLE ROMEO VANYA JULIET. This new production of UNCLE VANYA and ROMEO AND JULIET, at the same time, will kick off Bedlam’s 2018/2019 season. UNCLE ROMEO VANYA JULIET officially opens Off-Broadway on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at the Mezzanine Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 W 53rd Street) for a limited 7-week run through Sunday, October 28, 2018. Tickets on sale now at 212-925-2812 or www.bedlam.org.
UNCLE ROMEO VANYA JULIET pairs William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy of two star-crossed lovers with Anton Chekov’s legendary play about a celebrated professor and his new wife’s return to their family estate. With a new adaptation of UNCLE VANYA by Kimberly Pau, interspersed with ROMEO & JULIET’s Shakespearean verse, UNCLE ROMEO VANYA JULIET will use 5 actors to weave together both stories, exploring how hidden passions can explode with the perspective of time.
"As I began preparing to present the two plays in rep I saw an opportunity to display their strong thematic similarities in a new way. Both plays showcase characters experiencing longing for love at different times in their lives. In Uncle Vanya they are looking back saying how did I get here? In Romeo & Juliet they are looking forward saying how can I get there? By watching these epic classics side-by-side within the same sitting in UNCLE ROMEO VANYA JULIET, the audience can follow the doubling actors on a journey through a landscape where both worlds intersect revealing the characters varying experiences of love, loss and longing at various milestones in their lives." – Eric Tucker
The playing schedule for BEDLAM’s UNCLE ROMEO VANYA JULIET is: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm, and Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 2pm.
The A.R.T./New York Theatres are a project of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York), which provide state-of-the-art, accessible venues at subsidized rental rates, plus free access to top-line technical equipment, so that the city’s small and emerging theatre companies can continue to experiment, grow, and produce new works. Founded in 1972, A.R.T./New York is the leading service and advocacy organization for New York City’s 380+ nonprofit theatres, with a mission to assist member theatres in managing their companies effectively so that they may realize their rich artistic visions and serve their diverse audiences well. We accomplish this through a comprehensive roster of real estate, financial, educational, and community-building programs, as well as research, advocacy, and field-wide initiatives that seek to improve the long-term health and sustainability of the industry. Over the years, A.R.T./New York has received numerous honors, including an Obie Award, an Innovative Theatre Award, a New York City Mayor’s Award for Arts & Culture, and a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre. For more information, please visit www.art-newyork.org.
BEDLAM’s past critically-acclaimed productions are enjoying runs across the country. A tour of Hamlet/Saint Joan recently played Los Angeles and Boston, and a production of Saint Joan will play The Folger Theatre in Washington D.C. in May and June of 2018. Recent BEDLAM productions include Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw at The Sheen Center, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie at The Duke on 42nd, Sense And Sensibility by Kate Hamill at A.R.T., Houston’s Stark-Naked Theatre Company’s Saint Joan, Boston’s Central Square Theater’s Saint Joan and Twelfth Night/What You Will, and The McCarter Theater’s Hamlet/Saint Joan.
Committed to the immediacy of the relationship between the actor and the audience, BEDLAM creates works of theatre that reinvigorate traditional forms in a flexible, raw space, collapsing aesthetic distance and bringing its viewers into direct contact with the dangers and delicacies of life. In this new, fresh, active environment storytelling becomes paramount and the result is a kinetic experience of shared empathy.
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WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT BEDLAM
Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal/3 on the Aisle – “BEDLAM is a band of gifted unknowns who can make theatrical magic in an empty room. No theater troupe in America is doing more creative classical revivals. I believe Eric Tucker is this Country’s most talented director of classic Theatre. BEDLAM made its name six years ago with a pair of 4 person staging’s of Saint Joan and Hamlet. Saint Joan was the most exciting George Bernard Shaw revival I’ve ever seen, bar none, and it still is. Partly what makes BEDLAM so interesting is that they have deliberately decide they will perform in small spaces but have large conceptions, that’s the key to me. Eric Tucker is a kind of genius at making theatrical magic in black-box theater spaces”
Ben Brantley, The New York Times - “No troupe in New York these days rides the storytelling momentum of theater more resourcefully or enthusiastically than BEDLAM.”
Hilton Als, The New Yorker - “BEDLAM injects fresh blood and ideas into the theatre community and is all about jolting the audience out of complacency. Eric Tucker’s ability to peel away the layers while supporting the emotionalism of a performer makes you see things with new and less cynical eyes.”
New York Post – “I can’t wait to see what BEDLAM tackles next!”
Houston Press – “BEDLAM slaps awake classic tales with an irreverent relevance that borders on blinding radiance.”
Huffington Post - “BEDLAM is one of the best theater troupes in New York City right now, smartly inventive and bold. BEDLAM makes theatre immensely more involving and entertaining for the playgoer who's lucky enough to secure a seat.”
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