King Lear

Michael Pennington

Regan

Bianca Amato

France

Terry Doe

Oswald

Mark H Dold

Cordelia

Lilly Englert

Edgar

Jacob Fishel

Fool

Jake Horowitz

Old Man & Doctor

Robert Langdon Lloyd

Gloucester

Christopher McCann

Cornwall

Saxon Palmer

Goneril

Rachel Pickup

Burgundy

Jon Stewart Jnr

Kent

Timothy D Stickner

Edmund

Chandler Williams

Albany

Graham Winton

Ensemble

Benjamin Cole, Jason Gray, Jonathan Hooks,

Patrick McAndrew, Ryan McCarthy, Ian Temple & Ariel Zuckerman

Director

Arin Arbus

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Reviews

… brings a feisty and beleaguered gravitas to the title character.

- Time Out, New York

Michael Pennington’s delicate portrait…

…Mr Pennington punctuates the expected blasts of rage with a quieter, introspective insight that is even more devastating.

- The New York Times

…seems to grow to twice his height at times…

…uncanny depth of connection with his fellow actors..

…brings an Everydad quality - and that’s an asset in this story  of daughters  and sons versus fathers.

-NY Daily News

…wonderfully subtle as the maddened monarch…

-New Jersey Newsroom

Michael Pennington will break your heart. That’s his job, and he does it magnificently.

…commands the bare brown stage… a masterful portrayal

…famous Shakespeare verses you’re waiting to hear - and Pennington makes them searing.

-Brooklyn Daily Eagle

As the addled monarch in King Lear, Michael Pennington wears a fur-collared coat that’s rich in texture and plummy in tone - just like his voice.

-NY Daily News

Britain’s Michael Pennington hits all the marks as Lear…

-New York Post