Soho Rep Announces Cast of REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN.

Soho Rep., in association with John Adrian Selzer, presents the U.S. premiere of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. by award-winning British playwright Alice Birch. Originally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the American premiere is directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz, 30, with both rigor and a playful spirit, and features Daniel Abeles, Molly Bernard, Eboni Booth and Jennifer Ikeda. The production introduces American audiences to Birch, 29, who was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2012 and 2015 and is a co-winner of the 2014 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright.

Through a series of provocations that overlap, intersect and explode, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. exploresthe politics of language. Described by The Guardian as "kaleidoscopic, unruly, searing, sharply funny" and by The Daily Telegraph as "a cluster-bomb of subversion," the work centers on how we talk to, and about, each other. This play is not well behaved.

Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson says, "In Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., Alice Birch uses her wild theatricality and huge sense of humor to take on knotty questions about gender with a bold thesis: the words we use to describe the world we live in actually shape its power structures and inequalities. At the same time, the work is not a didactic exercise-for the audience or its creative team. The act of bringing Alice's play to life is an inherently collaborative feat. The play has no fixed location, cast of characters or even a recommended cast size. Instead, it dares a director and talented ensemble to build upon a rapid-fire collection of scenes to create a dizzying and exhilarating event."

Fellow British playwright and Tony-winner Simon Stephens (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) says, "There are few writers who have emerged in British theatre in the past five years who have excited me as much as Alice Birch. She writes with a fearless political intelligence and an astonishing formal bravery. Her language is poised. Her structures are endlessly, restlessly inventive. And each invention is built on an urgent need to be heard with as much clarity as possible. Her work is smart, dangerous, sexy, angry and achieved. She makes me feel old in the most galvanizing way I can imagine."

The creative team for Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.includes Adam Rigg (sets), Yi Zhao (lights), Kaye Voyce (costumes), Palmer Hefferan (sound), George Hoffmann and Greg Kozatek (props), Hannah Wasileski (projection), J. David Brimmer (fight choreography), Lisa McGinn (production stage manager) and David Nelson (production manager).

Performances of Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.will take place April 5 through May 1 (see schedule above) at Soho Rep. which is located at 46 Walker Street in Manhattan. Critics are welcome as of April 13 for an official opening on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $35/$55 and can be purchased by visiting sohorep.org or calling 212.352.3101. $30 general rush and $20 student rush (valid school ID required) tickets are available at the box office 30 minutes prior to curtain for each performance, no advance sales. 99-cent Sunday tickets for Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. will be offered on April 10 and 24. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis one-hour prior to each performance.

Soho Rep.'s series of Humanities events, FEED, will continue for Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. Over the course of the run, four guest speakers will deliver short manifestos/talks on the theme, "What Is Revolution?" On April 20 after the evening performance, author Christian Parenti (Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence) will speak about "Revolution & Climate Change"; on April 30 after the matinee performance, Jennifer Lopez who is Executive Director of Everything Transgender NYC will deliver a speech on "Revolution & Gender"; on May 1st after the evening performance, the acclaimed author and poet Eileen Myles (Chelsea Girls: A Novel and I Must Be Living Twice: New and Selected Poems 1975-2014) will address the idea of "Revolution & Language"; and Catherine Morris, Sackler Family Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, The Brooklyn Museum, will probe the big idea "Revolution & Art" (Date TBA). FEED talks are open to all and begin shortly after the performance concludes.

Alice Birch (Playwright) Alice is the co-winner of the 2014 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright. She also won the Arts Foundation Award for Playwriting 2014 and was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize 2013 and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award 2015 and 2012. Her plays include: Katie Mitchell's Ophelias Zimmer (Schaubühne / Royal Court Theatre, published by Oberon); We Want You to Watch (National Theatre, published by Oberon); Little Light (Orange Tree Theatre, published by Oberon); Little On The Inside (Almeida/Clean Break); Salt (Comedie de Valence); Flying the Nest (BBC Radio 4); and Many Moons (Theatre 503, published by Oberon). Alice is the writer of the feature film Lady Macbeth (BBC Films / BFI / Creative England) due for release in 2016. She is currently under commission to the Royal Court Theatre, Paines Plough, Clean Break and the National Theatre.

Lileana Blain-Cruz (Director) Recent projects include the New York premiere of Lucas Hnath's Red Speedo at New York Theater Workshop, the world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play War at Yale Repertory Theater; Much Ado About Nothing at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Arabian Nights at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; Christina Anderson's Hollow Roots at the Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater; a new translation of The Bakkhai at the Fisher Center of Performing Arts at Bard College; and A Guide to Kinship and Maybe Magic, a collaboration with Jacobs-Jenkins and choreographer Isabel Lewis at Dance New Amsterdam. Upcoming projects include a new production of War at LCT3 and SALOME on Governor's Island. Daniel Abeles (Actor) NY Theatre: Empathitrax (EST), The Undeniable Sound of Right Now (Rattlestick), Wyoming (Lesser America), Where We're Born (Rattlestick, Hilltown Plays), Offices (Atlantic Theater Company), Helping People (IRT), Squealer (Lesser America), Too Much Too Soon (TNC), Keep Your Baggage With You... (TNC), Too Little Too Late (HERE), Falling Petals (The New Ohio), Behold! The Bowery (Fringe). Select Regional Credits: reasons to be pretty (Philadelphia Theater Company), The Gnadiges Fraulein (Provincetown), The Comedy of Errors (Lake George). TV: "The Good Wife" (recurring), "Person of Interest", "Forever", "Elementary", "Smash" (recurring), "Law & Order", "Wallflowers". Film: Seattle Road, You Bury Your Own, Son of Mourning, Gasoline. Education: NYU Tisch. Co-Founder and Co-Producing Director at Lesser America.

An actress across film, television and theater, Molly Bernard (Actor) is most recognizable for her role as feisty publicist Lauren Heller on TV Land's Younger. The comedy series, created by Darren Star, returned for its second season in January and has already been picked up for a third season. Bernard recently wrapped production on the highly anticipated film Sully, alongside Tom Hanks and directed by Clint Eastwood. Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. marks Bernard's Off-Broadway debut. Bernard's diverse film credits include Pay it Forward," directed by Mimi Leder, and The Intern, directed by Nancy Meyers. On television, Bernard co-starred opposite John Goodman in Amazon's comedy series Alpha House. Bernard received her Bachelor's degree from Skidmore College and her MFA from the Yale School of Drama. She has also studied at the Moscow Art Theater and trained extensively and performed with SITI Company. In 2014, Bernard received the Leonore Annenberg Performing Arts Fellowship from the Lincoln Center Theater. Bernard credits her love of acting from her grandfather, Joseph Bernard, whom she began studying with at the age of six. She currently resides in New York City.

Eboni Booth (Actor) is very excited to be making her Soho Rep. debut. Previous New York appearances include Family Play, 1979-Present (Collaboration Town), Motel Cherry (Clubbed Thumb), Girls in Trouble (Flea Theater), and The Cider House Rules (Atlantic Theater Company). Television: Show Me a Hero and Daredevil. Booth is a graduate of the University of Vermont.

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