Yale School of Drama Presents LA RONDE 12/12-17

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) presents LA RONDE by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Jesse Jou, December 12-17, 2009 at University Theatre (222 York Street, New Haven).

LA RONDE features sets by Chien Yu Peng, costumes by Leon Dobkowski, lights by Alan Edwards, sound by Nathan Roberts, dramaturgy by Sarah Bishop-Stone, and choreography by Olga Timoshenko.

The cast includes Will Connolly, John Patrick Doherty, Slate Holmgren, Ryan Lockwood, Aaron Moss, Charise K. Smith, Sarah Sokolovic, Shannon Sullivan, Emily Trask, and Liz Wisan.

In ten amorous dialogues, La Ronde captures the erotic world of fin de siècle Vienna, where prostitutes cavort with counts, wives seduce louche young gentlemen, and husbands cheat with Sweet Young Things. Schnitzler's penetrations into the tangle of sex, love, and power - That Thing - affirm La Ronde as a humanist masterpiece. Today, post-Freud, That Thing is like a particle in quantum physics whose nature eludes every attempt to describe it. Cracking Schnitzler's atom will set off not a nuclear explosion, but a cascade of glittering shrapnel that will reflect the desperation and joy of being human.

Yale School of Drama is creating a series of behind-the-scenes videos that follows the creative process from rehearsals to performance, and also includes interviews with the director, cast, and other members of the creative team. The videos will be available at drama.yale.edu, YouTube, and Facebook.

PERFORMANCE AND TICKET INFORMATION

LA RONDE will be performed at the University Theatre, 222 York Street in New Haven. Seating is limited. The Performance schedule is:

Saturday, December 12 2PM (Opening and Press Night)
Saturday, December 12 8PM
Monday, December 14 8PM
Tuesday, December 15 8PM
Wednesday, December 16 8PM
Thursday, December 17 8PM

Tickets, starting at $10, are available online at drama.yale.edu, by phone at (203) 432-1234, and in person at the Box Office (1120 Chapel Street at York Street).

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Jesse Jou is a third-year MFA candidate at Yale School of Drama, where his credits include 99 Ways to F@%k a Swan. Originally from Houston, Texas, he lived and worked for 10 years in New York City before attending Yale. His other credits include Take on Me: Adoption, Addiction, and a-ha (NY International Fringe Festival); My Mom Across America (The Kitchen Theatre Co., Ithaca, NY); Estrella Cruz [The Junkyard Queen], Mask Ritual: Electra, Flowers and Other Stories, and Language of Angels (Yale Cabaret). At Yale, he is the recipient of the Edgar and Louise Cullman Scholarship.

Please visit the following websites for more information about LA RONDE at Yale School of Drama:
www.drama.yale.edu

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