A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner
Columbia University MFA Thesis Production
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16-19 April, 2014
Columbia Stages, Connelly Theater 220 East 4th Street, New York |
Agnes Eggling and a bohemian group of friends gather in her cozy Berlin apartment to celebrate New Year’s Eve, 1932 – the year the Nazis win parliamentary control and ultimately propel Hitler to power. At first they can't imagine anything will come of these political changes, but soon realize that the unthinkable is becoming the new normal. Interrupting this is Zillah Katz, a self-confessed paranoiac and left-wing crusader who scours the Internet daily from her tiny modern-day New York apartment, demanding that we examine our own political landscape. Tony Kushner’s epic, fantastical and witty play, A Bright Room Called Day, challenges us to face the world's evils, both large and small, so we may stop the unthinkable from ever becoming normal again.
Featuring: Kristopher Dean*, David Gautschy, Tracey Gilbert*, Jason Griffin, Casey Hayes-Deats, Beth Ann Hopkins*, Laralu Smith*, Julian Stetkevych*, Sara Thigpen*, Lauren Whitehead (*Appears Courtesy of Actors' Equity Association)
Dramaturg - Lauren Whitehead, Scenic Design - Adam Rigg, Costume Design - Martin Schnellinger, Lighting Design - Dan Stearns, Sound Design - Matt Otto, Video & Projections designed by Andrew Lazarow and Mohammad Shahrooz, Producer and General Manager - Martins Jukna, Stage Manager - Colleen Lacy, Assistant Stage Manager - Krystle Henninger. Company Manager - Eric Vigdorov, Assistant Director - Paul Bedard
Publicity photography by Talya Chalef
Production photography by Carol Rosegg