February 29 — March 23, 2024
An Avant Bard and Longacre Lea co-production, this adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is directed by Longacre Lea Managing Director Séamus Miller and is inspired by video games, virtual reality, and our cultural embrace of ultra-violence. The production runs from February 29 through March 23, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. The production reframes our understanding of the protagonist through a trauma-informed lens. The audience will be directly involved and implicated in the conditioning of a man who is bred into, even celebrated for, antisocial brutality—and then punished for his learned inability to ‘play nice.’ Longacre Lea brings its signature video presence to the co-production.
Previews and Saturday Matinees are Pay-What-You-Will performances. Both performances on Saturday, March 16 (2:00 pm and 7:30 pm), are Mask-Required performances.
Read the Press Release about this co-production and the full Program.
Performance Days and Times
Thursday, February 29, 7:30 pm (Preview/PWYW)
Friday, March 1, 7:30 pm (Preview/PWYW)
Saturday, March 2, 2:00 pm (Preview/PWYW)
Saturday, March 2, 7:30 pm (Preview/PWYW)
Sunday, March 3, 2:00 pm (Opening/Closed Performance)
Thursday, March 7 7:30 pm
Friday, March 8 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 9 2:00 pm
Saturday, March 9 7:30 pm (PWYW)
Sunday, March 10 2:00 pm
Thursday, March 14 7:30 pm
Friday, March 15 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 16 2:00 pm (Masks Required/PWYW)
Saturday, March 16, 7:30 pm (Masks Required)
Sunday, March 17 2:00 pm
Thursday, March 21, 7:30 pm
Friday, March 22, 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 23, 2:00 pm (PWYW)
Saturday, March 23, 7:30 pm (Closing)
(PWYW = Pay What You Will)
Runtime
approximately 2 hours with one ten-minute intermission
Audience Advisory
This production of Coriolanus employs the use of strobe, blood, and simulated violence effects. There will also be facsimile weapons on stage.
Cast
Coriolanus: James Finley
Volumnia: Kimberly Gilbert*
Virgilia et al.: Kiana Johnson
Menenius: Eric Hissom*
Cominius et al.: Christopher Holbert
Titus Lartius et al.: Stephen Kime
Sicinius (video): Shayna Freedman
Brutus (video): Samuel Richie
Aufidius et al.: Saron Araia
Ensemble: Karina Hilleard
Ensemble: Brendan Kennedy
Production Team
Director and Adapter: Séamus Miller*
Stage Manager: Solomon HaileSelassie
Co-Producer: Kathleen Akerley^
Co-Producer: Séamus Miller
Co-Producer: Sara Barker^
Co-Producer: Alyssa Sanders^
Fight and Intimacy Choreographer: Bess Kaye
Asst. Fight Choreographer: Gil Mitchell
Sound Designer and Composer: Tom Carman
Lighting Designer: Solomon HaileSelassie
Asst. Lighting Designer: Trey Wise
Video Designer: Séamus Miller
Costume Designer: Alexa Cassandra Duimstra
Props Designer: Kathleen Akerley
Scenic Design Consultant: Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden
Technical Team
Master Electrician: Trey Wise
Electrician and Video Engineer: Jerran Kowalski
Sound Engineer: Evan Thanicatt
Electrician: Malory Hartman
Electrician: Isaac Demarchi
Set Build: Complete Fabrications
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
^ Avant Bard Theatre Producing Partner
Sponsors
Production Sponsors: David Highnote and Roger Hockenberry