Ulysses

Created by Elevator Repair Service, Directed by John Collins, Co-Direction and Dramaturgy by Scott Shepherd, Text: Ulysses by James Joyce

Projection Design by Matthew Deinhart - Scenic Design by dots - Lighting Design by Marika Kent - Sound Design by Ben Williams - Properties Design Patricia Marjorie

Production Description:

James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Building on a rich history of staging modernist works—Gatz, The Sound and the Fury, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)—Elevator Repair Service takes on this Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature. Seven performers sit down for a sober reading but soon find themselves guzzling pints, getting in brawls, and committing debaucheries as they careen on a fast-forward tour through Joyce’s funhouse of styles. With madcap antics and a densely layered sound design, ERS presents an eclectic sampling from Joyce’s life-affirming masterpiece.

Read more about Ulysses:

in The New York Times

Photos courtesy of Maria Baranova