Michael Bradford directs 'Waiting for Lefty'
From Feb. 23 to March 5, Connecticut Repertory Theatre in Storrs will present "Waiting for Lefty," which will be the first play directed by new artistic director Michael Bradford, of New London.
"Waiting for Lefty" will be paired with "Severance," a new one-act play by Levi Alpert.
Clifford Odets' politically-charged "Waiting for Lefty" is set in 1930s New York City during the Great Depression. As people fight for their lives, a union of cab drivers decide "no more" and wait for their leader, Lefty Costello, to choose if they will strike or not.
Bradford says, "'Waiting for Lefty' centers on the choice Odets' characters must make; on the surface, should we strike, but at the core, will I choose to live in my humanity or in my fear, a nameless, faceless fear devoid of past or future. In the original 1935 production of 'Waiting For Lefty,' Odets was asked to write a 'curtain raiser' to create a full night of theater. 'Severance' is a new short play by a recent UCONN grad, Levi Alpert. I asked Levi to consider writing a 'curtain closer' that brought us a little closer to our present lives as a way to look at how wonderfully far and sadly how little we have 'traveled.'"
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Wed. and Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., and 2 p.m. March 4 and 5 at the Nafe Katter Theatre on the University of Connecticut campus.
Tickets range from $7 to $36, and all student tickets are $7. Visit crt.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-2113.
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