Lear
Bruns Amphitheater
Orinda, CA
Previews Began: September 7, 2022
Opening Night: September 14, 2022
Closing Night: October 2, 2022
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Translation: Marcus Gardley
Set in San Francisco’s Fillmore District from the eminent domain crisis through to the subsequent displacement of the 1960s, Lear is Gardley’s deconstruction of the classic story of power, betrayal, and madness.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
James A. Williams Lear
Michael J. Asberry Gloucester
Emma Van Lare Regan
Dov Hassan Cornwall
Sam Jackson Cordelia
The Comic
Leontyne Mbele-Mbong Goneril
Cathleen Riddley Kent
Kenny Scott Albany
Jomar Tagatac Edmund
Dane Troy Edgar
Velina Brown Black Queen