King Lear
Goneril’s father near the end of his reign.
Sovereignty is a young man’s game, and it’s time for this aging monarch to fade into the background with one final demand - that his daughters profess their love for him before dividing the kingdom among them. This proves more complicated than anticipated, sending the family spiraling into madness and an unquenchable thirst for power.
This production is running in repertory with Queen Goneril
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DAMIEN ATKINS
Edgar
Helen Belay
Cordelia
OLIVER DENNIS
Gloucester
SHELDON ELTER
Kent
VIRGILIA GRIFFITH
Goneril
Breton Lalama
Oswald
Tom McCamus
King Lear
NANCY PALK
Fool
JORDAN PETTLE
Albany
PHILIP RICCIO
Cornwall
VANESSA SEARS
Regan
Jonathon Young
Edmund
ANNIE LUJÁN
Doctor & Others
KIANA WOO
Curan & Others
SHAQUILLE POTTINGER
Leonidas & Others
VARUN GURU
France & Others
Kim Collier
Director
KEN MACKENZIE
Set Designer
Judith Bowden
Costume Designer
KIMBERLY PURTELL
Lighting Designer
THOMAS RYDER PAYNE
Sound Designer
William Shakespeare
Playwright
John Stead
Fight Director
KAT CHIN
Assistant Stage Manager
ROBERT HARDING
Production Stage Manager
Kara Pankiw
Lighting Design Mentee
WILL DAO
Assistant Director
Sim Suzer
Assistant Costume Designer
KELLY MCEVENUE
Alexander Coach
Kara Wooten
Assistant Fight Director