Our Class; Fatherland; and Franklinland
Our Class
The Off-Broadway production Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, and helmed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish director Igor Golyak, will transfer to Classic Stage Company’s Lynn F. Angelson Theater (136 East 13th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues) in Manhattan for a limited run September 12 to November 3.
The cast features Gus Birney (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window) as Dora, Andrey Burkovskiy (Call DiCaprio!) as Menachem, José Espinosa (Take Me Out) as Rysiek, Tess Goldwyn (New Amsterdam) as Zocha, Will Manning (As Reaper in the Summer Gain) as Heniek, Stephen Ochsner (Chicks) as Jakub Katz, Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof) as Rachelka/Marianna, Richard Topol (Indecent; The Normal Heart) as Abram, Ilia Volok (Gemini Man, The Gaaga) as Władek and Elan Zafir (Hedda Gabler) as Zygmunt.
For more information and for tickets, visit www.ourclassplay.com
Fatherland
The Fountain Theatre production of Fatherland, conceived and directed by Stephen Sachs, will debut Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage II. The limited 10-week engagement begins previews on September 18 and will run through November 23, with opening night set for September 26.
Reprising their roles from the Los Angeles’ Fountain Theatre production, the Off-Broadway cast of Fatherland features Ron Bottitta as Father, Patrick Keleher as Son, Anna Kahja as U.S. Attorney and Larry Poindexter as Defense Attorney.
For tickets and further information, visit nycitycenter.org.
Frankinland
Ensemble Studio Theatre (“EST)”) will open its 56th Season with the New York premiere of FRANKLINLAND, a comedy by Lloyd Suh. Directed by Chika Ike, the cast features Noah Keyishian, Mason Reeves, and Thomas Jay Ryan.
FRANKLINLAND will run October 9 to November 3, with opening night on Thursday, October 17 at EST’s long-time home on West 52nd Street. For more information, visit www.estnyc.org.