TONY AWARD-WINNER BILLY CRUDUP TO STAR IN HARRY CLARKE

Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce that Tony Award-winner Billy Crudup (THE COAST OF UTOPIA, Spotlight, THE METAL CHILDREN) will star in the world premiere production of HARRY CLARKE by Obie Award-winner David Cale (LILLIAN) and directed by Leigh Silverman (VIOLET). Vineyard Theatre will produce HARRY CLARKE in association with Audible, […]

features-small_Billy-Crudup-captionVineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce that Tony Award-winner Billy Crudup (THE COAST OF UTOPIA, Spotlight, THE METAL CHILDREN) will star in the world premiere production of HARRY CLARKE by Obie Award-winner David Cale (LILLIAN) and directed by Leigh Silverman (VIOLET). Vineyard Theatre will produce HARRY CLARKE in association with Audible, the world’s largest seller and producer of digital spoken-word entertainment. HARRY CLARKE launches the 35th Anniversary Season and will begin performances on October 26 and open on November 21.

Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern said, “”HARRY CLARKE will mark the Vineyard’s third artistic collaboration with Billy Crudup. He is an artist of extraordinary talent, imagination and intelligence, who embodies each role with fierce commitment.  We could not be more thrilled to welcome him back to our stage, and to do so in collaboration with David Cale and Leigh Silverman, two of our longtime favorite artists who we welcome to the Vineyard for the first time.  HARRY CLARKE is a tour-de-force in storytelling, and we look forward immensely to sharing it with audiences.”

Audible will record and produce Billy Crudup’s performance in HARRY CLARKE as an audio play, available to Audible members in early 2018, and will offer Audible members the opportunity to purchase tickets to HARRY CLARKE at The Vineyard’s Union Square theatre ahead of the general public.

Audible’s collaboration with The Vineyard is part of the company’s larger effort to identify and nurture emerging playwrights and expose outstanding performances of their works to millions of Audible listeners. In May Audible announced a $5 million fund dedicated to the commissioning and development of innovative English-language works from playwrights around the globe, supporting the creation of one- and two-person audio plays driven by language and voice.

Vineyard Theatre Managing Director Suzanne Appel said, “This innovative partnership with Audible will make Vineyard Theatre’s production of HARRY CLARKE available to millions of people beyond our 138-seat theatre in Union Square. Live performances at The Vineyard are always a singular experience for New Yorkers and those able to visit our theatre. As we aim to expand our impact and bring unique voices to a new generation of theatre lovers, using technology to reach beyond our local community only makes sense. How we all experience culture is changing and Audible creates an unparalleled audio experience for their listeners. We look forward to this partnership introducing a broader public to the superb storytelling and world renowned artists who make The Vineyard their home.”

“In keeping with Audible’s core commitment to elevating listening experiences through powerful performances of brilliantly composed words, we are thrilled to help present HARRY CLARKE and bring it to a rapidly growing audience of Audible listeners,” said Audible Chief Content Officer Andy Gaies.

A sexually charged and wickedly funny one-man thriller, HARRY CLARKE is the story of a shy Midwestern man leading an outrageous double life as the cocky Londoner Harry Clarke. Moving to New York City and presenting himself as an Englishman, he charms his way into a wealthy family’s life as the seductive and precocious Harry, whose increasingly risky and dangerous behavior threatens to undo more than his persona.

The design team will include scenic design by Tony Award-nominee Alexander Dodge (A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, ANASTASIA), costume design by Kaye Voyce (SIGNIFICANT OTHER), lighting design by Alan Edwards (ZOOHOUSE), and sound design by Bart Fasbender (BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON).

Tickets to HARRY CLARKE are now available to Vineyard Members only and will go on sale to Audible members on September 8 at 1pm. Memberships are now on sale for The Vineyard’s 35th Anniversary Season and can be purchased online here or by calling the box office at 212-353-0303. Becoming a Vineyard member ensures great seats to all Vineyard productions for a fraction of the full ticket price. Additional privileges include the ability to reserve seats before tickets go on sale to others, discounted guest tickets, invitations to new play readings, Lab Productions, tickets to the REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival, and other exclusive benefits. Tickets for HARRY CLARKE will go on sale to the general public on September 21 at 1pm.

Equally memorable on the stage and screen, Billy Crudup has appeared at Vineyard Theatre in Chiori Miyagawa’s AMERICA DREAMING and Adam Rapp’s THE METAL CHILDREN. On stage, Crudup most recently starred in the repertory productions of NO MAN’S LAND and WAITING FOR GODOT on Broadway, opposite Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Shuler Hensley. In 2007, Crudup won a “Best Performance by a Featured Actor” Tony Award for his role in the Broadway production of THE COAST OF UTOPIA.  He also received Tony nominations for his roles in THE ELEPHANT MAN, THE PILLOWMAN and ARCADIA.

His other stage credits include William Inge’s BUS STOP and the Roundabout Theater’s production of THREE SISTERS, which earned him a Drama Desk nomination. He has appeared in OEDIPUS with Frances McDormand, starred in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and starred in the off-Broadway run of THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI opposite Al Pacino and Steve Buscemi.

Crudup most recently starred in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant and made his television debut in Netflix’s psychological thriller “Gypsy.” Additional major motion pictures include Jackie20th Century WomenSpotlight, Youth in Oregon, The Stanford Prison Experiment, SleepersEveryone Says I Love YouInventing the Abbotts, Without LimitsJesus’ SonWaking the DeadAlmost Famous, 1 Mile to You, Glass Chin, Rudderless, Blood Ties, Eat Pray Love, Public Enemies, Watchmen, Charlotte Gray, Big Fish, Stage Beauty, Trust the Man, Mission Impossible 3, and The Good Shepherd. 

Upcoming, he will appear in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, to debut in November, and will star in the 2018 film adaptation of Maria Semple’s novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette, alongside Kristen Wiig and Cate Blanchett.

David Cale (Playwright) is the writer and performer of solo works including LILLIAN (Playwrights Horizons, Obie Award), A LIKELY STORY (The New Group), DEEP IN A DREAM OF YOU (The Public Theater, Bessie Award), SMOOCH MUSIC (The Kitchen) and THE REDTHROATS (Second Stage, Performance Space 122, Bessie Award). His work has been presented throughout the U.S. including at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; CTG’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, L.A.; and The Goodman Theatre, Chicago. His monologues have been featured on Public Radio’s “This American Life” and NPR’s “The Next Big Thing,” for which he was a regular contributor, and filmed for the HBO special “Bette Midler’s Mondo Beyondo.” He wrote the book, lyrics, co-composed the music for, and played Floyd in the musical FLOYD AND CLEA UNDER THE WESTERN SKY (Playwrights Horizons, Goodman Theater, Outer Critics Circle Nomination). Other works include BETWIXT (The New Group) and THE BLUE ALBUM (with Dael Orlandersmith). He composed the songs for 600 Highwaymen’s EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR (2016 Under the Radar Festival, Public Theater, Crossing the Line Festival, Bessie Nomination) and has written lyrics for songs sung by artists including Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry and Jimmy Scott. As an actor he appears in films including The Slaughter Rule, Two Lovers and Pollock. His TV credits include “The Good Wife.” He has performed in plays on Broadway and off, most recently in Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s THE TOTAL BENT at The Public Theater.

Leigh Silverman will be making her Vineyard Theatre debut. Her Broadway credits include: VIOLET (Roundabout; Tony nom.), CHINGLISH, WELL. Her Citi Center Encores productions include: REALLY ROSIE, THE WILD PARTY, VIOLET. Her recent Off-Broadway credits include:  SWEET CHARITY (The New Group), ON THE EXHALE (Roundabout), THE OUTER SPACE (Public Theater), ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU (MCC), THE WAY WE GET BY (Second Stage), TUMACHO (Clubbed Thumb), AMERICAN HERO (WTF; Second Stage), NO PLACE TO GO (Public Theater), KUNG FU (Signature Theatre), THE (CURIOUS CASE OF THE) WATSON INTELLIGENCE (Playwrights Horizons), THE MADRID (MTC), GOLDEN CHILD (Signature Theatre), IN THE WAKE (CTG/Berkeley/Public Theater, Obie Award, Lortel nomination), THE CALL (Playwrights Horizons), GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE (Playwrights Horizons, Obie Award), YELLOW FACE (CTG/Public Theater). She is the Vice President of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than 375,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and business information providers. Audible is also the provider of spoken-word audio products for Apple’s iTunes Store.

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Audible is the leading provider of premium digital spoken audio content, offering customers a new way to enhance and enrich their lives every day. To unleash the power of the spoken word, Audible pairs outstanding talent with great works, developing and producing theater projects in the studio and onstage to amplify innovative language-driven storytelling and extraordinary performances. Our Emerging Playwrights Fund invests in playwrights around the globe whose work can be heard by millions of Audible listeners. Audible’s inaugural productions: Off-Broadway, David Cale’s HARRY CLARKE, starring Billy Crudup at the Vineyard Theatre; Broadway, LATIN HISTORY FOR MORONS, written by and starring John Leguizamo.

Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA

(Casting Director) Vineyard Theatre: GOOD GRIEF, THE AMATEURS, HARRY CLARKE, THE LYONS (and Broadway), GLORIA (and Goodman), DOT, THE LANDING, CAN YOU FORGIVE HER?, KID VICTORY (and Signature DC), TOO MUCH SUN, BILLY & RAY, SOMEWHERE FUN, THE NORTH POOL, ARLINGTON, OUTSIDE PEOPLE, CHECKERS, PICKED, MIDDLETOWN, THE METAL CHILDREN, WIG OUT!. Other theater: KPOP, SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS, NATASHA, PIERRE, & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812; THE WILDNESS (Ars Nova). Sundance Theatre Lab: 5 seasons. Television: US Casting for “Black Mirror,” Comedy Central’s “The Other Two” with Allison Estrin, HBO’s “Succession” and Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle” with Douglas Aibel. Film: Saturday Church, It Felt Like Love, Easy Living; with Douglas Aibel – Grandma, Love After Love, How to Talk to Girls at Parties; with Allison Estrin – Spider-Man: Homecoming (NY Casting). Also: “Homecoming The Podcast” S1-2.

Elizabeth Smith

(Dialect Coach) Vineyard Theatre debut. LCT: OSLO, MACBETH, CYMBELINE, THE COAST OF UTOPIA, THE RIVALS, HENRY IV, THE INVENTION OF LOVE, TWELFTH NIGHT, IVANOV, RACING DEMON, ARCADIA. Broadway: NOISES OFF, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, THE ELEPHANT MAN, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, JULIUS CAESAR, SIGHT UNSEEN, RETREAT FROM MOSCOW, TARTUFFE, NIGHT MUST FALL, TOMMY, MY FAIR LADY, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ME AND MY GIRL, PIAF, ROSE, DRACULA. Off-Broadway: SORE THROATS, HUMBLE BOY, HOUSE AND GARDEN, ONE FLEA SPARE, THE STRIKER, HAMLET, FEN, MOONLIGHT, NO MAN’S LAND, KINDERTRANSPORT, THE ROAD TO MECCA, CLOUD NINE. Regional: Westport Country Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre DC, Centre Stage, LWT, A.R.T., Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Guthrie. Award: 1996 John Houseman Award.

Andrew Diaz

(Props Master) Vineyard Theatre: HARRY CLARKE, GIGANTIC, GLORIA. Andrew is a Brooklyn-based set and props designer. He has previously worked with Walt Disney Entertainment, Roundabout Theatre Company, MCC Theatre, The Flea, Signature Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Carnegie Hall, Classic Stage Company, Primary Stages, The Public, Theatre for a New Audience, Cherry Lane Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, among others. BFA: University of Arizona School of Theater Arts.

Shelley Miles

(Production Stage Manager) Vineyard Theatre debut. Broadway: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH rehearsal stage manager for Michael C. Hall and John Cameron Mitchell, VIOLET, BETRAYAL, PICNIC, GORE VIDAL’S THE BEST MAN, ROCK OF AGES. Off-Broadway: FOR PETER PAN ON HER 70TH BIRTHDAY (Playwrights Horizons), THE OUTER SPACE (Public), SWEET CHARITY (New Group), NAT TURNER IN JERUSALEM, HADESTOWN, and WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? all with New York Theatre Workshop. At Encores!: THE WILD PARTY, A NEW BRAIN, LADY BE GOOD, IRMA LA DOUCE, and GIRL CRAZY. I’M LOOKING FOR HELEN TWELVETREES (Abrons), WASHER/DRYER (MaYi), ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Keen). Three plays with The Debate Society: CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, BUDDY COP 2, BLOOD PLAY. SM for numerous stories and productions penned by Clay McLeod Chapman. Love and gratitude to Leigh, David, Billy, Rachel, and DeFina.

Bryn Herdrich

(Assistant Director) is excited to be making her Vineyard Theatre debut! Assistant Directing credits include MEN ON BOATS dir. Will Davis, and F*CK THIS TYPEWRITER dir. William Burke. Favorite directing credits include INTERABANG (Ars Nova Antfest), IGNIS FATUUS (The Tank) and ENDLESS SUMMER (Hunter College). Upcoming: UNTITLED AMERICAN FLAG CRAFT PROJECT at The Brick Theater.

Bart Fasbender

(Sound Design) Vineyard Theatre debut. Recent designs include LONELY PLANET at Keen Company; NEIGHBORS: a fair trade agreement at INTAR and ROCKY HORROR at Bucks County Playhouse. Previous collaborations with Ms. Silverman include THE HEIDI CHRONICLES at The Guthrie, the world premieres of Neil LaBute’s ALL THE WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU at MCC and THE WAY WE GET BY at Second Stage; BRIGHT HALF LIFE by Tanya Barfield for Women’s Project and Martín Zimmerman’s ON THE EXHALE at Roundabout Underground. Other NY credits include the world premiere and Broadway production of Alex Timbers’ BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON; the world premieres of Erica Schmidt’s ALL THE FINE BOYS at The New Group and Michael Laurence’s HAMLET IN BED at Rattlestick and the NY premiere of Robert Schenkkan’s BUILDING THE WALL. Proud member of USA 829 and Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association.

Alan C. Edwards

(Lighting Design) Vineyard Theatre debut. Broadway: THE TESTAMENT OF MARY (Assoc. to Jennifer Tipton). Off-Broadway: THE FIRST NOEL (Classical Theatre of Harlem/Apollo Theatre). Off-Off-Broadway: KILL MOVE PARADISE, CARNAVAL (National Black Theatre); MACBETH (Audelco Award winner), FIT FOR A QUEEN (Classical Theatre of Harlem), DUTCHMAN (CTH & NBT), HOLDING IT DOWN (Harlem Stage). Regional: HENRY IV- PT. 2, FINGERSMITH (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT (The Guthrie), STAGGER LEE (Dallas Theater Center), TWISTED MELODIES (Center Stage Baltimore), THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY (Asolo Rep), THE PIANO LESSON, A DELICATE BALANCE (Yale Rep), LIGHTS OUT: NAT KING COLE (People’s Light), THE MOUNTAINTOP (Cleveland Play House). Opera: MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES (Mill City Opera), ACIS & GALATEA (Madison Opera), CARMEN (Tri-Cities Opera). Dance: Madiba (for Jeremy McQueen performing at the Kennedy Center). Training: Edwards received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. www.alancedwards.com.

Kaye Voyce

(Costume Design) Vineyard Theatre: THIS DAY FORWARD, THE BURNT PART BOYS. Broadway: SIGNIFICANT OTHER, THE REAL THING, THE REALISTIC JONESES, and SHINING CITY. Recent work includes: OFFICE HOUR, HAMLET (Public Theatre), MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Elevator Repair Service/Public Theatre), AFTER THE BLAST (LCT3), THE SUMMER KING (Pittsburgh Opera, world premiere), THE ANTIPODES (Signature Theatre), ENDGAME (Long Wharf), REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN (Soho Rep), SIGNATURE PLAYS, THE WAYSIDE MOTOR INN (Signature Theatre), INDIAN SUMMER and DETROIT (Playwrights Horizons), THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX and 4000 MILES (Lincoln Center Theater), IL TURCO IN ITALIA (Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Opera Dijon,Teatro Regio Torino and Teatr Wielki, Warsaw), Trisha Brown’s final two dances: “Rogues” and “Toss,” and many shows with Richard Maxwell/New York City Players.

Alexander Dodge

(Scenic Design) Vineyard Theatre debut. Broadway: ANASTASIA (Outer Critics Circle nomination), A GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations; CT Critics Award, L.A. Critics Award, Craig Noel Award winners), PRESENT LAUGHTER (Tony nomination), OLD ACQUAINTANCE, BUTLEY, HEDDA GABLER (w/Kate Burton). London West End: ALL NEW PEOPLE (written by and starring Zach Braff) also Manchester and Glasgow. Off-Broadway: THE LIAR (CSC), RIPCORD (MTC), LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART (Second Stage); RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN (Playwrights Horizons); THE UNDERSTUDY (Roundabout), MEASURE FOR PLEASURE (Public) OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER
 (Lincoln Center, Lortel Award). Tours: Disney’s HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME: La Jolla Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Germany and Japan. Opera: THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES (L.A. Opera), DINNER AT EIGHT, COSI FAN TUTTE (Minnesota Opera), AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (Glimmerglass), IL TRITTICO (Deutsche Oper Berlin), LOHENGRIN (Budapest). Television: “Julie’s Greenroom” starring Julie Andrews for Netflix. Training: Yale School of Drama.

Leigh Silverman

Leigh Silverman (Director) last directed Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup and written by David Cale at the Vineyard Theatre and subsequent transfer to the Minetta Lane. She has directed over 55 world premiere new plays and musicals. Her Broadway credits include: Grand Horizons (2ST; Williamstown Theater Festival); The Lifespan of a Fact (Studio 54); Violet (Roundabout; Tony nomination); Chinglish (Goodman Theatre; Longacre); Well (Public Theater; ACT; Longacre). Recent Off-Broadway: SUFFS (Public Theater); The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Shed); Soft Power (Public Theater; Ahmanson Theater/ Curran Theater; Drama Desk nom); Tumacho (Clubbed Thumb); Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop; Two River Theater); Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theatre/Audible, Minetta Lane; Lortel nom); Wild Goose Dreams (Public Theater; La Jolla Playhouse); Sweet Charity (New Group); On The Exhale (Roundabout); The Outer Space (Public Theater). Encores: Bring Me to Light; Violet; The Wild Party; Really Rosie. 2011 Obie Award and 2019 Obie for Sustained Excellence.

David Cale

David Cale (Playwright) returns to Vineyard Theatre following his solo play Harry Clarke, starring Billy Crudup, and directed by Leigh Silverman, which transferred to the Minetta Lane Theatre in a run produced and recorded by Audible (2018 Lucille Lortel Award). Cale’s works as both writer and performer include the solo shows The History of Kisses, Palomino, A Likely Story, Lillian (Obie Award), Deep in a Dream of You (Bessie Award) and the musical, Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky, for which he also wrote the lyrics and co-composed the music (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination). He composed the songs for 600 Highwaymen’s Employee of the Year (Bessie Award nomination) and wrote the monologue The Actor, starring Marin Ireland, for Weston Playhouse’s online, One Room. His most recent stage work is his solo musical memoir We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, for which he wrote the book, lyrics, co-composed the music with his musical collaborator Matthew Dean Marsh and starred (Goodman Theatre, Public Theater). For We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, Cale and Marsh received a 2019 Jeff Award and a 2020 Lucille Lortel Award nomination, and Cale was the recipient of a 2020 Drama Desk Award nomination, a 2020 Outer Critics Circle Award and a 2020 Obie Award.

Billy Crudup

Equally memorable on the stage and screen, Billy Crudup has appeared at Vineyard Theatre in Chiori Miyagawa’s AMERICA DREAMING and Adam Rapp’s THE METAL CHILDREN. On stage, Crudup most recently starred in the repertory productions of NO MAN’S LAND and WAITING FOR GODOT on Broadway, opposite Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Shuler Hensley. In 2007, Crudup won a “Best Performance by a Featured Actor” Tony Award for his role in the Broadway production of THE COAST OF UTOPIA. He also received Tony nominations for his roles in THE ELEPHANT MAN, THE PILLOWMAN, and ARCADIA.

His other stage credits include William Inge’s BUS STOP and the Roundabout Theater’s production of THREE SISTERS, which earned him a Drama Desk nomination. He has appeared in OEDIPUS with Frances McDormand, starred in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and starred in the off-Broadway run of THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI opposite Al Pacino and Steve Buscemi.

Crudup most recently starred in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant and made his television debut in Netflix’s psychological thriller “Gypsy.” Additional major motion pictures include Jackie, 20th Century Women, Spotlight, Youth in Oregon, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Sleepers, Everyone Says I Love You, Inventing the Abbotts, Without Limits, Jesus’ Son, Waking the Dead, Almost Famous, 1 Mile to You, Glass Chin, Rudderless, Blood Ties, Eat Pray Love, Public Enemies, Watchmen, Charlotte Gray, Big Fish, Stage Beauty, Trust the Man, Mission Impossible 3, and The Good Shepherd.

Upcoming, he will appear in Zack Snyder’s Justice League, to debut in November, and will star in the 2018 film adaptation of Maria Semple’s novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette, alongside Kristen Wiig and Cate Blanchett.