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Cast & creative Team Set for OUR CLASS at San Francisco's Strand Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 17, 2024

Direct from sold-out New York performances at Brooklyn Academy of Music and a subsequent Off-Broadway run at Manhattan’s Classic Stage Company, Our Class will perform a limited engagement at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Photos: OUR CLASS Opens at Classic Stage Company
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2024

After its sold-out run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in winter 2024, the off-Broadway production Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, and helmed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish director Igor Golyak, is now playing. Check out photos from opening night here!

OUR CLASS Begins Performances At Classic Stage Company This Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 9, 2024

After its sold-out run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in winter 2024, the off-Broadway production Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, and helmed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish director Igor Golyak, begins performances this week. Learn how to purchase tickets.

OUR CLASS MERCHANT OF VENICE To Run At CSC As Part Of 'Arlekin In Residence At Classic Stage Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2024

Classic Stage Company will present the run of OUR CLASS and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE as part of the 'Arlekin in Residence' program. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Extends STALIN'S MASTER CLASS
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2024

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble has extended Stalin’s Master Class, a wildly comic, music-filled drama by British playwright David Pownall, through June 2.

OUR CLASS and MERCHANT OF VENICE to Run at Classic Stage Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 9, 2024

Catch the performances of OUR CLASS and MERCHANT OF VENICE at the Classic Stage Company as part of the Arlekin in Residence program. Learn more and see how to watch.

Review: STALIN'S MASTER CLASS at Odyssey Theatre
by Amanda Callas - Apr 19, 2024

Stalin’s Master Class is enthralling, darkly funny, awkward, and thought-provoking about the eternal tension of politics vs art, censorship vs thought, modern art vs people’s tastes, groupthink vs ingenuity, and popularity vs quality. 

Photos: STALIN'S MASTER CLASS Begins This Saturday At The Odyssey Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 10, 2024

Politics collide with art when “Father of the People” Joseph Stalin and Soviet cultural minister Andrei Zhdanov summon composers Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich to the Kremlin for a vodka-fueled “music lesson” in “Stalin’s Master Class.” The wildly comic, music-filled ride by British playwright David Pownall opens this weekend at the Odyssey Theatre. Check out the photos.

Odyssey Theatre Hosts STALIN'S MASTER CLASS Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2024

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble founding artistic director Ron Sossi will direct Stalin’s Master Class, a wildly comic, music-filled ride by British playwright David Pownall.

OUR CLASS Enters Final Week of Performances at Brooklyn Academy Of Music
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 5, 2024

New Yorkers have only one more week to see Our Class, the award-winning play by Tadeusz Słobodzianek, currently running at Brooklyn Academy of Music. Learn how to purchase tickets!

OUR CLASS Extended Through February 11 At Brooklyn Academy Of Music
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 24, 2024

'Our Class' extends its run at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Fisher Fishman Space until February 11. Don't miss this captivating production.

Photos: First Look at OUR CLASS at Brooklyn Academy of Music
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2024

All new production photos have been released from Our Class, the award-winning play by Tadeusz Słobodzianek, currently running at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Fisher (Fishman Space) for its New York premiere. Check out the photos here!

Ilia Volok's DIARY OF A MADMAN to Return to The ATA For Fundraiser
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 3, 2024

Stage and Screen Star, Ilia Volok returns for a limited run of his one-man show, Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol. LA Weekly Theater Award-Best Solo Performance! Another NY Run! In support of Ukraine! 4 Shows Only!

Video: The Company of OUR CLASS At Brooklyn Academy of Music Meets the Press!
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 23, 2023

Our Class, the contemporary, award-winning play by Tadeusz Slobodzianek and directed by Ukrainian-born, Jewish director Igor Golyak will see a completely new production and its New York premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) beginning January 12. The cast and creative team of the play met the press this week and BroadwayWorld correspondent Richard Ridge was on hand to chat with the cast! See video of our visit to the rehearsal room!

OUR CLASS To Be A Featured Production At Under The Radar Festival 2024
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 30, 2023

'OUR CLASS' is set to make its New York premiere at BAM as a featured production at the Under the Radar Festival 2024. Don't miss this exciting play!

Full Cast Set for OUR CLASS at BAM Starring Alexandra Silber, Richard Topol & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2023

Our Class, the award-winning play by Tadeusz Słobodzianek, which will premiere at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for its New York premiere in January, has revealed its cast. Learn how to purchase tickets!

THE GAAGA, New Site Specific Phantasmagoria, to Have US Premiere at Beat Brew Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 30, 2023

Arlekin Players Theatre & (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab will present the US Premiere of THE GAAGA, a new site specific phantasmagoria written and directed by celebrated Ukrainian playwright and director Sasha Denisova. 

Arlekin Players Theatre & (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab Present THE GAAGA
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2023

Arlekin Players Theatre & (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab, an award-winning, artist-driven theater company helmed by Ukrainian-born artistic director Igor Golyak, today announces the US Premiere of THE GAAGA, a new site specific phantasmagoria written and directed by celebrated Ukrainian playwright and director Sasha Denisova.

Photos: First Look At The U.S. Premiere Of YAACOBI & LEIDENTAL At The Odyssey Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 21, 2023

First look photos! Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the U.S. premiere of Yaacobi & Leidental, a funny, provocative romp with music written by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin featuring songs by Alex Kagan, opened over the weekend in Los Angeles. Tel Aviv-based director Yonatan Esterkin helms a new translation by Naaman Tamuz that was recently commissioned by the Levin estate, and Nisha Sujatha Arunasalam is music director.

Odyssey Presents the U.S. Premiere of YAACOBI & LEIDENTAL Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 8, 2023

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the U.S. premiere of Yaacobi & Leidental, a funny, provocative romp with music written by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin and featuring songs by Alex Kagan.