1st Look: Kyoto Begins Off-Broadway

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1st Look: Kyoto Begins Off-Broadway

Stephen Kunken leads Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s Olivier-nominated play at Lincoln Center Theater.

Emilio Madrid

Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s Kyoto is making its U.S. premiere at Lincoln Center Theater’s Off-Broadway space, the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. A newly released production shot is giving us a first look at the staging. Take a look above.

The work, which comes stateside after an Olivier-nominated U.K. premiere via Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance, is directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin. It will open November 3 and continue through November 30.

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.

Stephen Kunken and Jorge Bosch are reprising their performances from the U.K. premiere, Kunken as American lawyer and ex-government strategist Don Pearlman, and Bosch as Argentinian lawyer and conference leader Raul Estrada-Oyuela. Bosch was nominated for an Olivier for his U.K. performance.

They’re joined in the cast by 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. Casting is by Jim Carnahan and Alexandre Bleau.

The production features 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, 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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