hoi polloi: beckett solos

Directed by Alec Duffy
October 3-19, 2013

The New York Times: "a splendid convergence of actor, director and playwright. . . Stark and ambient, it captures Beckett’s singular music of alienation. And Ms. Goldoni makes a fine instrument." Read the full review here.

Performance schedule:
Thursday – Saturday, October 3 - 5 at 8 pm
Wednesday – Saturday, October 9 – 12 at 8 pm
Wednesday - Saturday, October 16 - 19 at 8 pm

About:
OBIE-winning resident theater company Hoi Polloi collaborates with venerable actress Lelia Goldoni, a pairing that began after Goldoni saw Hoi Polloi’s stage adaptation of John Cassavetes’ Shadows, the 1959 film that made her a fundamental figure in the birth of American independent cinema. The production includes Footfalls, Rockaby and the radio play Cascando, with scenic design by OBIE-winner Mimi Lien, costume design by Oana Botez, lighting design by Yi Zhao and music by Steven Leffue.

Creative Team:
Director: Alec Duffy
Scenic Design: Mimi Lien
Lighting Design: Yi Zhao
Costume Design: Oana Botez
Music/Sound Design: Steven Leffue
Stage Manager: Melanie Kulas

BIOS

Lelia Goldoni is best known for co-starring in John Cassavetes' groundbreaking film Shadows (1959) and playing the best friend of Ellen Burstyn's character in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). She appeared in a number of motion pictures and television shows starting in the late-1940s, including uncredited cameo roles in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's House of Strangers (1949), John Huston's We Were Strangers (1949) and The Italian Job (1969). She costarred on the episode "Fair Exchange" of the British television series Danger Man (1964) with Patrick MacGoohan. In 2010, she appeared in the miniseries The Pacific as Dora Basilone.

Hoi Polloi is an OBIE-winning New York-based theater company founded in 2007. Our pieces are created in collaboration with a core ensemble of artists, usually under the supervision of founding Artistic Director Alec Duffy. Recent work includes Baal, All Hands, Three Pianos, The less we talk, and Dysphoria.

Alec Duffy (Director) is the founder and Artistic Director of Hoi Polloi and of JACK. Recent work includes Baal, Shadows, All Hands, Three Pianos (as creator/performer) and The less we talk. In 2010, he directed the revival of Murder in the Cathedral at The Church of St. Joseph in Brooklyn. Duffy is a Drama League Directing Fellow and an OBIE-winner

Photo by Ryan Jensen