Cambridge, Mass. — The American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.) is pleased to announce that due to audience demand it has added three performances to the run of Samuel Beckett’s iconic masterpiece Endgame, directed by Marcus Stern, at the A.R.T.’s Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge. The additional performances are Friday, March 20 at 8:00pm and Saturday, March 21 at 2:00pm and 8:00pm.
«Surprisingly, gaspingly funny. We leave this play feeling more alive than we have in years. ….» — Boston Globe
«Touching and absurd» — Boston Phoenix
«The play is packed with laughs…» — Patriot Ledger
«….a post-apocalyptic vaudeville…» — Boston Herald
«…exhilarating, poignant and humorous.» – South Coast Today
«Simply stunning» –Berkshire Fine Arts
«Catch this show while you can!» –The Bostonist
Spare, enigmatic, and absurdly funny, Endgame is one of the greatest dramas of the modern age. Both an existential comedy and a domestic tragedy, it charts a day in the life of a family fallen on mysteriously hard times — blind and chair-bound Hamm, his beleaguered servant Clov, his parents Nagg and Nell, who live in two ashbins and long for sugar-plums, and a black toy dog with a missing leg. Beckett’s language is honed to a distilled beauty, and his archetypal characters achieve a poetic grace despite their bizarre condition. Fifty years after it burst onto the world’s stages, Endgame is as exquisite and surprising as ever, as it showcases the comic talent of the Resident Acting Company: Remo Airaldi as Nagg, Thomas Derrah as Clov, Will LeBow as Hamm, and Karen MacDonald as Nell.
Single ticket prices range from $25-$79, with a $10 discount for seniors. Student discounts include single tickets at $25 advance purchase, and $15 day of performance. Other discounts include 50 @ 15 at noon ($15 tickets on sale at noon on the day of performance; in person only, based on availability) and Pay What You Can (50 tickets available for every Saturday matinee performance of the season at the Loeb Drama Center for patrons to purchase at whatever amount they can afford (based on availability). Group rates, with extra savings for senior citizens and student groups are also available.
To learn more about this production and the A.R.T.’s upcoming season, log onto the A.R.T. website at www.amrep.org or call the A.R.T. InfoLine at (617) 547-8300. The InfoLine is also available 24 hours a day to provide directions to the theatre; to order brochures, calendars, and newsletters; and to allow direct access to the A.R.T. Box Office (hours are noon to curtain time on performance days, noon to 5 pm on non-performance days, closed on Mondays).
The AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE (A.R.T.) is one of the country’s most celebrated resident theatres and the winner of numerous awards — including the Tony Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and numerous local Elliot Norton and I.R.N.E. Awards; it was recently named one of the top three theatres in the country by Time magazine. Over its twenty-eight-year history the A.R.T. has welcomed major American and international theatre artists whose singular visions generate and define the theatre’s work, presenting a varied repertoire that includes new plays, progressive productions of classical texts, and collaborations between artists from many disciplines. The Company has performed throughout the country, and worldwide in twenty-one cities in sixteen countries on four continents. This fall the organization welcomed its new Artistic Director, Diane Paulus, who begins plans for the 2009-10 Season, the Company’s 30th in Cambridge.
The A.R.T., located at the Loeb Dr
