ACFNY SUPPORTED | THEATER | RITTER, DENE, VOSS

Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 2:30 PM

Directed by Adam Seelig (Artistic Director of One Little Goat Theatre Company, Toronto, ON)

Cast:
Maev Beaty
Shannon Perreault
Jordan Pettle

RITTER, DENE, VOSS
by Thomas Bernhard

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, in association with Toronto’s One Little Goat Theatre Company, presents the New York premiere of Ritter, Dene, Voss, a “misanthropic comedy” by celebrated Austrian author Thomas Bernhard. In Ritter, Dene, Voss (named for the three actors who premiered the original 1986 production in German), Thomas Bernhard explores sexual repression and sibling rivalry with characteristic tenacity and wit. The play follows two sisters -both actresses- and their attempt to reintegrate their volatile brother into their home. The brother, a tormented genius (loosely based the great, idiosyncratic 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein), has just returned from a mental health institution, complicating the dynamics between the three siblings.

“Fascinating… Toronto’s enterprising One Little Goat Theater Company should be thanked for bringing this production to New York.” – New York Times, Rachel Saltz

“The cast delivers the text with clarity and distinctive style. Jordan Pettle brings a compelling mix of arrogance and self-pity to the “philosophical thug” Ludwig; Maev Beaty is touchingly natural as the older of his sisters, who dotes on him, and Shannon Perreault is aptly sharp-edged as the younger, who sneers and snipes from the sidelines.” – Globe & Mail, Adam Feldman

“Ritter, Dene, Voss is a delicious Beckett-meets-Brechtian farce” – Broadway World, Trish Vignola

“Canadian company One Little Goat, which specializes in poetic theater, has brought to New York a textbook case of how an exceptional production can spin a brilliant “poetic” script into a crackling drama.” – BlogCritics.org, Jon Sobel

“…we must be thankful to companies like One Little Goat for opening our minds to such challenging and unusual works as Ritter, Dene, Voss. An insightful production like this augurs well for the future.” – Christopher Hoile

Playwright and novelist Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989) has been called “Austria’s most provocative post-war writer” (The New Yorker) and a “virtuoso of rancor and rage…a corrosively funny master of lyrical nay-saying” (Bookforum). Distinctive in his style – writing entirely without punctuation, but in accessible, down-to-earth language – Bernhard has been both revered and reviled for his provocative plays.

Foto by Lauren Stryer

Trailer from the play RITTER, DENE, VOSS:

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For more information, please visit: www.OneLittleGoat.org

VENUE
La MaMa First Floor Theatre
74A East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and The Bowery

Tickets (on sale August 25) $18 for adults and $13 for students/seniors.
Tickets can be purchased online at: www.LaMaMa.org, in person at the box office, or by calling 212-475-7710.