Next up in Red Bull Theaters’s Revelation Reading series is Jean Genet’s The Screens, coming on Monday, March 26th at 7:30 p.m. This epic exploration of the Algerian Arab revolt against their French colonizers exalts the individual and relishes the theatrical.
Genet began writing the play in 1955 and continued working on it into the 1970s. First performed in a German translation in 1961, The Screens has a long and complex production history, including a production by Peter Brook in 1964 as part of his Theatre of Cruelty project with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Red Bull Theater’s reading will feature a translation by Paul Schmidt.
The reading will be directed by Tracy Cameron Francis and will feature Heather Raffo and Najla Said, with Carlo Alban, Dahlia Azama, Ronan Babbitt, Farah Bala, Hunter Canning, Neimah Djourabchi, Rich Dreher, Ramsey Faragallah, Sevan Greene, Maria Helan, Mia Katigbak, Bushra Laskar, Piter Marek, Chris Masullo, Roberta Maxwell, Sade Namei, Jens Rasmussen, Betty Shamieh, plus live Tabla by Zafer Tawil.
A Bull Session featuring Judith Miller will follow the reading.
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The Screens
Monday, March 26th, 7:30 p.m.
Theater at St. Clements
423 West 46th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues)
New York, New York
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