Off-Broadway News
Kate Burton, Natalie Gold, Roslyn Ruff, More to Star in Kyoto Off-Broadway
Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s Olivier-nominated play will be seen this fall at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse.
Kate Burton, Natalie Gold, and Roslyn Ruff
Casting is complete for Lincoln Center Theater’s U.S. premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance production of the 2025 Olivier-nominated play Kyoto.
Directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, previews will begin at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater October 8 prior to an official opening November 3.
Joining the previously announced Tony nominee Stephen Kunken—who will reprise his role as American lawyer and ex-government strategist Don Pearlman—will be Jorge Bosch, reprising his Olivier-nominated role as Argentinian lawyer and conference leader Raul Estrada-Oyuela, Peter Bradbury as climate change skeptic Fred Singer, Kate Burton as USA, Feodor Chin as China, Erin Darke as Germany, Natalie Gold as Shirley, Daniel Jenkins as Gore/Bolin/Santer/Observer, Dariush Kashani as Saudi Arabia, Rob Narita as Japan, Imani Jade Powers as Secretariat, Ferdy Roberts reprising his role as U.K./Prescott/Houghton, Roslyn Ruff as Tanzania, and Taiana Tully as Kiribati. Offstage understudies include Odera Adimorah, Zoe Cipres, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, and Paul Juhn.
Written by Good Chance Theatre Artistic Directors and playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, Kyoto is set in December 1997 at the Kyoto Conference Centre. The political thriller dramatizes the moment all nations tried to set aside their differences for the sake of the earth.
“At
Lincoln Center Theater, we believe theatre is where we wrestle with the
questions of our time—with rigor, with imagination, and with heart. Kyoto is a play that does just that, continuing in the tradition of plays
that bring the global stage and the complexities of the world to LCT
audiences,” said Kewsong Lee Artistic Director Lear deBessonet in a statement.
Playwrights Murphy and Robertson added, “Kyoto tells the story of how the world overcame deep, intractable differences
to reach the first unanimous, binding agreement on climate change.
Although this might sound like a fairytale, for us it’s a story
which speaks thrillingly, directly—and with hope—to our disjointed
times. We are honored to be presenting the play as part of Lear
deBessonet’s inaugural season at Lincoln Center Theater, and for
audiences to join us for a seat at the table here in New York City.”
The upcoming production will also have set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Natalie Pryce, lighting design by Aideen Malone, sound design by Christopher Reid, video design by Akhila Krishnan, original music by Paul Englishby, casting by Jim Carnahan and Alexandre Bleau, stage management by Diana DiVita, and associate direction by Ed Burnside. Julia Horan was the original U.K. casting director, and Gemma Stockwood is the dramaturg.
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