THE BRIDGE PROJECT'S Camargo & Rylance Featured In The NY Times

Season Two of The Bridge Project begins tomorrow, January 12, with a new production of AS YOU LIKE IT at the BAM Harvey Theatre, directed by Sam Mendes. Company members - and husband & wife - Christian Camargo & Juliet Rylance play opposite each other as Orlando & Rosalind.

The NEW YORK TIMES wrote about the two actors in their Arts & Leisure section on January 10, 2010
The article, titled "A Threesome: Husband, Wife, Shakespeare" was written by MATTHEW GUREWITSCH. 

It begins "TWO actors might work all their lives and never receive higher praise. In back-to-back productions of Shakespearean tragedy with Theater for a New Audience last season, Juliet Rylance's brave, gracious portrayal of Desdemona was hailed in The New York Times as "exquisitely moving" and the dark, lean and hungry Hamlet of Christian Camargo as "virtually perfect." At the time few knew they were newlyweds; their work was judged independently, on the merits."

Following a critically acclaimed inaugural year, theatre and Academy Award-winning film director Sam Mendes will again direct a transatlantic company of actors for the second season of The Bridge Project, a unique three-year series of co-productions by The Old Vic, BAM and Neal Street devoted to producing large-scale, classical theatre for international audiences.

The Bridge Project again begins its international journey in New York, with As You Like It opening at the BAM Harvey Theater in January 2010, followed by The Tempest in February 2010. It will then embark on an international tour visiting Asia and Europe before opening in London at The Old Vic in June 2010. Year two features the intriguing double-bill pairing of Shakespeare's witty pastoral comedy As You Like It and his late masterpiece The Tempest with another stellar British/American cast that includes Christian Camargo as Orlando and Ariel in As You Like It and The Tempest; Stephen Dillane as Jaques and Prospero; Ron Cephas Jones as Charles the Wrestler and Caliban; Alvin Epstein as Adam and Gonzalo; Juliet Rylance as Rosalind and Miranda; and Thomas Sadoski as Touchstone and Stephano; and Michelle Beck as Celia and Ceres.

Christian Camargo last appeared on Broadway in Simon McBurney's popular production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons and was acclaimed for his Hamlet at Theater for a New Audience. Stephen Dillane returns to the New York stage for the first time since winning a Tony Award for his performance in David Leveaux's production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. Obie Award-winner Ron Cephas Jones has appeared in New York in The LAByrinth Theater Company's production of Jesus Hopped the A-Train (which received its London premiere at the Donmar Warehouse under Mendes' artistic direction) and on Broadway in August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean. Alvin Epstein, one of the great classical actors of his generation, starred in the original Broadway production of Waiting for Godot as Lucky, opposite Bert Lahr and E.G. Marshall.

Juliet Rylance played Desdemona in the much admired production of Othello at Theater for a New Audience and has also performed in productions at Shakespeare's Globe in London and The Chichester Festival Theatre. Thomas Sadoski's recent credits include Broadway's reasons to be pretty (Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nomination) and Reckless. Michelle Beck's credits include playing Viola in Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and the film Spinning Into Butter.

The complete acting company is as follows: Ashlie Atkinson (Phoebe/Juno), Jenni Barber (Audrey/Iris), Michelle Beck (Celia/Ceres), Edward Bennett (Oliver/Ferdinand)*, Christian Camargo (Orlando/Ariel), Stephen Dillane (Jaques/Prospero)*, Alvin Epstein (Adam/Gonzalo), Jonathan Fried (Le Beau/Alonso), Richard Hansell (Amiens/Sebastian)*, Ron Cephas Jones (Charles the Wrestler/ Caliban), Aaron Krohn (Silvius/Adrian), Anthony O'Donnell (Corin/Trinculo)*, Juliet Rylance (Rosalind/Miranda)*, Thomas Sadoski (Touchstone/Stephano), Michael Thomas (Dukes Frederick and Senior/Antonio)*, Ross Waiton (Boatswain, Francisco, First Lord)*
*indicates British member of company

The British cast members are appearing with the permission of Actors' Equity Association and the American cast members are appearing with the permission of UK Equity, incorporating Variety Artistes' Federation, pursuant to an exchange program between American Equity and UK Equity. The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors' Equity Association and UK Equity for their assistance of these productions.

 

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