RFK, a play written and performed by Jack Holmes, will play its final New York performance on Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 3pm. A national tour is being planned. The show, which opened at The Culture Project on Tuesday, November 15, will have played 12 previews and 117 regular performances. Directed by Larry Moss (The Syringa Tree), the design team includes Neil Patel (sets) and David Weiner (lights). RFK is produced by The Culture Project (Allan Buchman, Artistic Director), by special arrangement with Winship Cook, Arleen Sorkin and Martin Davich.
"By late summer 1964, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, still in
shock
and consumed with grief over the assassination of his older brother,
President John F. Kennedy, was at a crossroad in his life," state press
notes. "The
presidential election was approaching and President Lyndon Johnson
finally called him to the White House to end months of speculation over
whether or not he would be Johnson's Vice Presidential running mate.
The result of that meeting and the subsequent direction of RFK's life
are the focus of the play. Going backward and forward in time, we see
Kennedy grow from husband to father to grieving brother to New York
senator to outspoken critic of the war in Vietnam to Democratic
Presidential candidate. The producers and the creative team were first
drawn to the play because 'Robert Kennedy's enlightened words resonate
with us today. Issues that were at the center of RFK's campaign--peace,
justice, equality, poverty and responsibility -- have as much, if not
more, relevance today as they did in 1968.'"
RFK plays the following performance schedule: Tuesday Saturday at 8PM, Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday at 3PM.
Ticket prices are $30 - $55 and can be purchased at Ticketmaster (212.307.4100 or ticketmaster.com)
or in person at The Culture Project Box Office (45 Bleecker St. at
Lafayette). Student rush tickets are $20 and are available one hour
before show time, with a limit of one ticket per valid student ID. For more
information visit the website www.RFKthe play.com or The Culture Project's website (www.45bleecker.com).
