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  RICHARD NELSON: An American Iconoclast

  Richard Nelson is one of a small number of playwrights who has made his living almost solely by writing plays (and occasionally directing), beginning in 1975 with his first professionally produced play, The Killing of Yablonski, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles.

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  Richard Nelson: Master of Storytelling

  Richard Nelson is many things: a Tony, Olivier, and OBIE Award-winning playwright with a decades long career, a respected translator, a director, an associate artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the head of the M.F.A. playwriting program at Yale Drama School. After bringing us a haunting play with music, James Joyce’s The Dead, and a beautifully poignant and humorous translation of The Cherry Orchard, he returns to the Huntington this season with How Shakespeare Won the West, a taste of something very different. Artistic Associate M. Bevin O’Gara spoke with the writer about his love of actor history and the Boston University Theatre.

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  SHAKESPEARE IN THE STATES: The Bard Takes a Democratic Turn

  William Shakespeare was the most popular playwright in 19th-century America, 300 years after his plays first appeared onstage in England. His plays had been staged here as early as 1750, attracting broad audiences. European commentators as diverse as Alexis de Tocqueville and Oscar Wilde noted that the pioneers had volumes of Shakespeare and the King James Bible among their few precious books.

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  EUREKA! The Gold Rush is On: 1849-1864

  Picture this: a wagon train, full of healthy, strong, and virtuous pioneer families, snaking its way across sunny prairies en route to the West. This idealized image couldn’t be further from the serious dangers and harsh realities faced by the “Forty-Niners” during the California Gold Rush. The truth of those journeys is nearly too extreme to be believed but for the multiple accounts that the variety of ills met along the way.

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Features

• Ron Campbell Abe Ron Campbell Abe
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  Ron Campbell

  Abe

  Ron Campbell previously appeared in the Huntington's production of How Shakespeare Won the West (2008). Mr. Campbell has played leading roles with such theatres as The Actors' Gang, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Habima Theatre (Israel), The Mercury Theatre (Chicago), The Old Globe, The Old Red Lion Theatre (London), American Conservatory Theater, MetroStage (Washington, D.C.), Intiman Theatre (Seattle), and the Mark Taper Forum.

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• Chris Henry Coffey Hank Daley Chris Henry Coffey Hank Daley
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  Chris Henry Coffey

  Hank Daley

  Chris Henry Coffey previously appeared in Can You Forgive Her? (2016) and Richard Nelson's How Shakespeare Won the West (2008) at the Huntington. His theatrical credits include Bronx Bombers on Broadway after its successful run at Primary Stages, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful at Second Stage Theatre (Davis McCallum, dir.), Richard Nelson’s Frank’s Home(Playwrights Horizons and Goodman Theatre, Robert Falls, dir.), and A.R. Gurney’s The Dining Room at the Westport Country Playhouse (Mark Lamos, dir., Connecticut Critics Circle Award, Best Ensemble).

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• John De Vries George Demerest John De Vries George Demerest
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  John De Vries

  George Demerest

  John De Vries was seen in Bernard Weinraub's The Accomplices (The New Group) and Richard II (Classic Stage Company). His Broadway credits include Devour the Snow, Major Barbara, Loose Ends, The Cherry Orchard, Execution of Justice, and Agammemnon.

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• Mary Beth Fisher Alice Mary Beth Fisher Alice
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  Mary Beth Fisher

  Alice

  Mary Beth Fisher appeared in Dead Man's Cell Phone at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. Her New York credits include Richard Nelson's Frank's Home (Playwrights Horizons), Boy Gets Girl (Drama League Honoree, Lucile Lortel and Drama Desk nominations), ...

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• Kelly Hutchinson Ruth Oldfield Kelly Hutchinson Ruth Oldfield
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  Kelly Hutchinson

  Ruth Oldfield

  Kelly Hutchinson appeared at the Huntington in Ah, Wilderness!. Her New York credits include Voyage of the Carcass (Soho Playhouse), Homebody/Kabul (New York Theatre Workshop), Major Barbara, and Macbeth.

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• Jeremiah Kissel Edward Oldfield Jeremiah Kissel Edward Oldfield
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  Jeremiah Kissel

  Edward Oldfield

  Jeremiah Kissel previously appeared at the Huntington in Invisible Man (2013), A Month in the Country (2002), The Sisters Rosensweig (2005), and Sonia Flew (2004), among several others

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• Will LeBow Thomas Jefferson Calhoun Will LeBow Thomas Jefferson Calhoun
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  Will LeBow

  Thomas Jefferson Calhoun

  Will LeBow previously appeared in the Huntington's productions of Awake and Sing (2014), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2012), Bus Stop (2010), The Corn is Green (2009), How Shakespeare Won the West (2008), The Cry of the Reed (2008), The Cherry Orchard (2007), Love's Labour's Lost (2006), The Rivals (2005)(IRNE Award, Best Supporting Actor), and the world premiere of Sonia Flew (2004).

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• Erik Lochtefeld Buck Buchanan Erik Lochtefeld Buck Buchanan
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  Erik Lochtefeld

  Buck Buchanan

  Erik Lochtefeld appeared in the Huntington’s production of How Shakespeare Won the West (2008). He has appeared on Broadway in Metamorphoses (director, Mary Zimmerman).

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• Sarah Nealis Susan Calhoun Sarah Nealis Susan Calhoun
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  Sarah Nealis

  Susan Calhoun

  Sarah Nealis previously appeared in the Huntington's production of How Shakespeare Won the West (2008). Ms. Nealis has regional credits that include An Ideal Husband, Pericles, King Lear, and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby (California Shakespeare Theater); Iphigenia at Aulis, Moonlight & Magnolias, and Long Day's Journey Into Night (San Jose Repertory Theatre); The Trojan Women (West Coast premiere, Aurora Theatre Company)...

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• Susannah Schulman Kate Denim Susannah Schulman Kate Denim
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  Susannah Schulman

  Kate Denim

  Susannah Schulman previously appeared in the Huntington's production of How Shakespeare Won the West (2008). Ms. Schulman has also appeared in Bad Dates and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Geva Theatre); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Syracuse Stage); Man From Nebraska, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler...

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• Joe Tapper John Gough Joe Tapper John Gough
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  Joe Tapper

  John Gough

  Joe Tapper previously appeared in How Shakespeare Won the West (2008) at the Huntington. He has theatre credits that include work at Yale Repertory Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Hangar Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, and The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival (The Jammer - winner of Fringe First Award).

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• Richard Nelson Playwright Richard Nelson Playwright
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  Richard Nelson

  Playwright

  Richard Nelson previously directed the Huntington's production of his musical James Joyce's The Dead (2001). His play How Shakespeare Won the West (2008) has also been produced by the Huntington.

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• Jonathan Moscone Director Jonathan Moscone Director
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  Jonathan Moscone

  Director

  Jonathan Moscone is the artistic director of California Shakespeare Theater where his credits include Man and Superman; As You Like It; Hamlet: Blood in the Brain (world premiere); The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby, Parts 1 & 2; A Midsummer Night's Dream; and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead.

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• Antje Ellermann Scenic Designer Antje Ellermann Scenic Designer
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  Antje Ellermann

  Scenic Designer

  Antje Ellermann previously designed the set for How Shakespeare Won the West (2008) at the Huntington. His scenic design credits include Novel (Summer Play Festival); Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale, and R & J (Juilliard Drama School); Realism/Jump! (The Exchange); The Pillowman (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); ...

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• Laurie Churba Kohn Costume Designer Laurie Churba Kohn Costume Designer
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  Laurie Churba Kohn

  Costume Designer

  Laurie Churba Kohn previously designed the costumes for the Huntington's productions of The Cry of the Reed and Rabbit Hole.

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• Japhy Weideman Lighting Designer Japhy Weideman Lighting Designer
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  Japhy Weideman

  Lighting Designer

  Japhy Weideman designed lighting for Sons of the Prophet (2011), Vengeance Is The Lord's (2010) , Prelude to a Kiss (2010), and How Shakespeare Won the West (2008) for the Huntington.

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• Rob Milburn Music Composition and Sound Design Rob Milburn Music Composition and Sound Design
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  Rob Milburn

  Music Composition and Sound Design

  Rob Milburn has previously designed sound or music for the Huntington's productions of A Doll's House (2017), Awake and Sing! (2014), Good People (2012), Private Lives (2012), How Shakespeare Won the West (2008), The Amen Corner (2001), King Hedley II (2000), Jitney (1998), Ah, Wilderness! (1998), and Bang the Drum Slowly (1994).

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• Michael Bodeen Music Composition and Sound Design Michael Bodeen Music Composition and Sound Design
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  Michael Bodeen

  Music Composition and Sound Design

  Michael Bodeen has previously designed sound or music for the Huntington's productions of A Doll's House (2017), Awake and Sing! (2014), Good People (2012), Private Lives (2012), How Shakespeare Won the West (2008), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Nomathemba (Hope) (1998), Ah, Wilderness! (1998), Journey to the West (1996), and Hamlet (1996).

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• Thomas Schall Fight Director Thomas Schall Fight Director
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  Thomas Schall

  Fight Director

  Thomas Schall returned to work at the Huntington on The Cry of the Reed (2008) as the fight director after previously appearing in Undiscovered Country (1993), O Pioneers (1990), Hyde Park (1989), Don Juan (1988), and The Misanthrope (1985).

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• Alaine Alldaffer Casting Director Alaine Alldaffer Casting Director
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  Alaine Alldaffer

  Casting Director

  Alaine Alldaffer is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), and Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting).

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• Bethany Ford Production Stage Manager Bethany Ford Production Stage Manager
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  Bethany Ford

  Production Stage Manager

  Bethany Ford was the production stage manager for How Shakespeare Won the West (2008) at the Huntington. Her Off Broadway credits include The Waverly Gallery, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Second Stage Theatre), Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly, After-Play, and three seasons as resident stage manager for Signature Theatre Company, working with Pulitzer Prize-winners Edward Albee and Horton Foote.

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• Leslie Sears Stage Manager Leslie Sears Stage Manager
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  Leslie Sears

  Stage Manager

  Leslie Sears has worked on the Huntington premieres of Sons of the Prophet, Vengeance is the Lord’s, A Civil War Christmas, The Miracle at Naples, and How Shakespeare Won the West, as well as Invisible Man, Private Lives, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined, Bus Stop, Prelude to a Kiss, All My Sons, Fences, The Corn is Green, and The Rivals. Ms. Sears is a graduate of Boston University where she teaches stage management.

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