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The Edge Theater presents "Jerusalem"

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Performance
Saturday, May 23rd, 2015
Starts at 8:00 PM
Edge Theater
1560 Teller Street
Lakewood, CO 80214

by Jez Butterworth
Directed By Warren Sherrill

April 24, 2015 - May 24, 2015
REGIONAL PREMIERE

On the morning of the local county fair, Johnny "Rooster" Byron, local waster and modern day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. Local officials want to serve him an eviction notice from the trailer park, his son wants his full attention, and his motley crew of friends wants his ample supply of drugs and booze.

This play premiered in 2009 at the Royal Court Theatre in London where it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play. The New York Times called it “one of the most exciting new plays in ages!”

The cast includes Augustus Truhn (Johnny Rooster), Emily Paton Davies (Dawn),  John Brown (Ginger), Mark Stith (Troy), Mark Collins (Wesley), Rick Williams (Professor), Samara Bridwell (Tanya), Ren Manly (Pea),Bethany Richardson (Phaedra), John Hauzer (Lee), Ben Hilzer  (Davey), Erica Fox (Mrs. Fawcett) and Peter Marullo (Mr. Parson).

Jez Butterworth is the author of Mojo (Royal Court 1995); The Night Heron (Royal Court 2002); The Winterling (Royal Court 2006); Parlour Song (Almeida 2009) and Jerusalem (Royal Court 2009). Mojo, The Night Heron and Parlour Song have also been produced in New York in acclaimed productions at Atlantic Theatre Company. He has written and directed two films: Mojo (1998) starring Harold Pinter and Birthday Girl (2002) starring Nicole Kidman. In 2009 he wrote and produced Fair Game, starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. He has won two Evening Standard Awards and an Olivier, Critics' Circle, Writers' Guild and George Devine Award. In 2007, he received The E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Jerusalem premiered in July 2009 at the Royal Court, winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award for the best play of 2009. The show opened on Broadway in April 2011, with many of the original UK cast.  In May 2011, Jerusalem was nominated for a Tony Award and Mark Rylance, in the role of Johnny 'Rooster' Byron, won the Tony Award of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play. In 2012, Butterworth's new play The River opened at the Royal Court Theatre and premiered on Broadway in 2014 at the Circle in the Square Theatre, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Ian Rickson.

For mature audiences.

Cost
$26, $16 on Industry Night, available online
More Information

www.theedgetheater.com
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