Mike Bartlett’s Bull began performances Off-Broadway September 19, and Playbill has the pictures to prove it.
Directed by Max Hunter (George Kaplan, See You), the intimate production is playing to 50 audience members a night through October 4 at the storefront theatre JACK at 20 Putnam Ave in Brooklyn. Opening night was September 22.
The newest work from Bartlett (King Charles III) centers on three employees facing imminent layoffs and a simple truth: two will stay, one will go.
“Mike Bartlett’s Bull exposes a more honest and unvarnished view of the profound brutality underlying many of our daily interactions,” said Hunter in a previous statement. “Bartlett manages to entertain and horrify in tandem, creating a fast and furious theatrical experience that is hugely entertaining, deeply hilarious, and a tour-de-force showcase for our fantastic ensemble. In building this production within the intimate confines at JACK, the brutality of Bartlett’s characters is heightened by collapsing the distance between audience and action so that each minor abuse and shift in power becomes unavoidable, primal, visceral. Proximity strips away pretense, placing the audience into a position of complicity and confrontation, demanding an internal response to where and how each person draws their respective line in the sand.”
The staging stars Kerstin Anderson (My Fair Lady), Miles G. Jackson (A Different Man), Alexander Pobutsky (American Fiction), and Paco Tolson (Vietgone).
The creative team includes scenic designer Thomas Jenkeleit, costume designer Amanda Roberge, lighting designer Cheyenne Sykes, assistant director BT Hayes, production stage manager Roger Lipson, and asssistant stage manager Ari Richardson.
Visit BullPlayNYC.com for more information.
Kerstin Anderson, Miles G. Jackson, and Alexander Pobutsky in Bull
Miles G. Jackson in Bull
Paco Tolson, Alexander Pobutsky, and Kerstin Anderson in Bull
Kerstin Anderson, Alexander Pobutsky, and Miles G. Jackson in Bull
Kerstin Anderson and Alexander Pobutsky in Bull
Kerstin Anderson in Bull
Paco Tolson in Bull
Miles G. Jackson and Alexander Pobutsky in Bull
Miles G. Jackson in Bull
Alexander Pobutsky in Bull
