Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy Announces Casting
The Lincoln Center Theatre has announced full casting for their upcoming production of The Oldest Boy by Sarah Ruhl, which opens at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on 3 Nov 2014, following previews from 9 Oct 2014.
The cast will feature Ernest Abuba, Joel de la Fuente, Tsering Dorjee, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Takemi Kitamura, James Saito, Jon Norman Schneider, and Nami Yamamoto.
The Oldest Boy tells the story of Tenzin, the toddler son of an American woman and a Tibetan man who is recognized as the reincarnation of a high Buddhist teacher. The drama shows differing cultures contending with competing ideas of faith and love as two monks attempt to gain permission to take the child to an Indian monastery in order to train him as a spiritual master.
The production will be directed by Rebecca Taichman and will have sets by Mimi Lien, costumes by Anita Yavich, lighting by Japhy Weideman, sound by Darron L West, choreography by Barney O'Hanlon, and puppetry design/direction by Matt Acheson.
Sarah Ruhl's previous plays have included 'The Clean House' (Pulitzer Prize finalist) and 'In The Next Room, or the vibrator play' (Pulitzer Prize finalist) which both had their New York premieres at the Lincoln Center.
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