Event Date and Time:
October 17, 2007 – October 20, 2007
8:00PM, Additional matinee 10/20/2007 3:00pm
Location:
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10003
A new production of Bertolt Brecht's legendary drama The Life of Galileo will be presented for five performances only--October 17-20--at New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, with a cast of 33 undergraduate actors from the Department of Drama at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Written in the 1940s and portraying people and events in the early 17th century, the play remains a relevant interpretation of science perverted for political advantage rather than for the benefit of humanity. Galileo's discoveries are reflected in today's headlines of stem cell research and the threat of global warming.
Robert Kalfin, Tony-award winner and founder of Chelsea Theatre Center, is the director. Composer and lyrics were adapted by Margaret Pine. Choreography is by Cailin Heffernan. Dramaturgy is by Jane Malmo. Sets are by Van Santvoord; costumes by Joshua Schwartz; lighting by Travis Sawyer; sound by Alex Hawthorn; projection design by Marilys Ernst; and the stage manager is Nicole M. Calcado.
Cast members are: Alex Anfanger, Stevo Arnoczy, Jaclyn Backhaus, Itunu Balogun, Steve Boyle, Matthew Bretschneider, Matthew Carr, Yung-I Chang, Ismael Cruz Cordova, John Early, Billy Griffin, Arjun Gupta, Monica Hammond, Jonathan Heilman, Alex Johnson, William, Goulet Kean, John Kurzynowski, Caitlyn Louchard, Geri-Nikole Love, Black Lowell, Stephen Lukas, Rachel Marder, Kathleen Martin, Erin McGuff, David Morris, Jessica Newman, Seth Peterson, Miguel Pinzon, Jacey Powers, Aaron Schroeder, Dan Sickles, Margaret L. Sinak, Andrew Scoville, Sean Tibangin, Ikechukwu Ufomadu, Brandon Uranowitz, Hannah Wachtel, and Jeff Ward.
