A Lesson from Aloes

A Lesson from Aloes

May 17 – June 10

By Athol Fugard

Directed by Darko Tresnjak

Approximate Running Time: 2 hours,
including 1 intermission

Recommended Ages: 16+

The past informs the present

Athol Fugard’s compelling portrait of three individuals caught in the midst of a nation’s racial divide and the choices each one is forced to make.

“One of the finest revivals of an Athol Fugard play that I’ve had the good luck to see.”
–Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

“A powerful play, one that makes you want to listen carefully to each word.”
–Hartford Courant

“A beautiful yet harrowing and powerful story.”
–Broadway World

“A powerhouse of a play.”
–Westfield News

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All photos by T. Charles Erickson.

 Artists

Playwright
Athol Fugard

Director
Darko Tresnjak

Scenic Design
Tim Mackabee

Costume Design
Blair Gulledge

Lighting Design
Matthew Richards

Sound Design
Jane Shaw

Dialect Coach
Ben Furey

Production Stage Manager
Robyn M. Zalewski

Assistant Stage Manager
Nicole Weigert

Casting
Laura Stanczyk, CSA

 Cast

Steve
Ariyon Bakare
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Piet
Randall Newsome
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Gladys
Andrus Nichols
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Ariyon Bakare

Ariyon Bakare

British actor Ariyon Bakare plays Steve in A Lesson from Aloes. Bakare is well-known to English audiences for his roles on the BBC miniseries A Respectable Trade and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, as well as the British daytime drama The Doctors. He most recently appeared in the films Life and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Bakare’s theatre credits include his Ian Charleson-nominated performance in A Servant to Two Masters at the Young Vic, the U.K. premiere of Laurence Fishburne’s Riff Raff at New Theatre Company, and the European premiere of Dream of the Dog in the West End. Next year, Bakare will appear in the six-part Amazon miniseries Good Omens, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet.

Randall Newsome

Randall Newsome

Veteran actor Randall Newsome will play Piet. Newsome has appeared on Broadway in An Enemy of the People (Manhattan Theatre Club) and A Touch of the Poet (Roundabout Theatre). His Off-Broadway appearances include The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (New York Theatre Workshop) and Carnival Kids (Lesser America). He has appeared in regional productions at the McCarter Theatre Center, Steppenwolf Theatre, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Newsome’s film credits includes the Oscar-nominated Hidden Figures and A Walk in the Woods with Robert Redford. He has a recurring role in the hit IFC horror comedy series Stan Against Evil and has appeared on Person of Interest, Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, and House of Cards.

Andrus Nichols

Andrus Nichols

Andrus Nichols, co-founder of the Obie Award-winning Off-Broadway company Bedlam, will play Gladys. Nichols has appeared in Sense & Sensibility, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, The Seagull and Saint Joan at Bedlam. Additional Off-Broadway and New York theatre credits include The Libertine at The Chernuchin, and They Promised Her the Moon at Theatre at St. Clements. Nichols appeared in regional productions of A View from the Bridge at the Goodman Theatre and Saint Joan and Hamlet at the McCarter Theatre Center. Her television and film credits include the new NBC series Rise, The Fiction, South Mountain, and Wash Song.

Sponsors

Producer

Sue Ann Collins

Restaurant Partner

V's Trattoria