DON LEAR

New York is burning. Don Lear sits at the head of the table overlooking Manhattan, an empire of crime and sin. But Lear is old and nearing death. His three daughters, Cordelia, Regan and Goneril each want a slice of the profits for themselves, with their questionably loyal husbands stood eagerly by their sides

Meanwhile, Lear’s loyal mafioso, Gloucester, finds himself betrayed and hunted by both sides in the upcoming war. Edmund, his bastard son, has sold his own twin brother out to the upstart militia, and then went on to stab his own father in the back

Change is coming to New York. When Lear dies, something will have to rise up to replace him. The only question is, who, or what, will be the first to secure their claim?

WRITTEN BY CHRIS FIELD
DIRECTED BY CHRIS FIELD & ELOINA HAINES
CHOROEGRAPHY BY MEGAN YOUNG
PRODUCTION MANAGER KYLE JAMES MURPHY
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY MARISSA LANDY
POSTER  BEA OLIVIER
PHOTOS BY MARTHA LLOYD

CAST:
DON LEAR: JAMES JACKSON
CORDELIA: BRONTE KAZIM
GONERIL: BEA OLIVIER
REGAN: ALYSHA NELSON 
GLOUCESTER: HANNAH BURKE
KENT: THYRZA ABRAHAMS
FRANCE: ELIE BOUAKAZE-KAHN
CORNWALL: AIDAN PARSONS
ALBANY: MARIELLA BUCCI
POOR TOM/EDGAR: MELISSA RUTNAGUR
EDMUND: IBRAHIM AMAEV
YOUNG LEAR: MAX GRIGGS
YOUNG LEAR'S WIFE: WERONIKA APPEL
GANG OF THREE: ENOBONG BASSEY, STEPHANIE OVERINGTON, BEN ROBINSON
DANCERS: LUCY DONCASTER, KERRY HUNT, CHRISANTHI LIVADIOTIS, EMILY REDPATH

THE BAND:
GUITAR/VOALS:  JACK RIDLEY
KEYS/VOCALS: CLARA MOSCHETTA 
BASS: JORDAN BASSETT
SAXOPHONE: STEPHANIE MASSERICK
DRUMS: JAMES GARNHAM