BALDWIN AND BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE
September 24 - October 16, 2022 Run Time: 60 minutes, no intermission
New York Premiere
BALDWIN AND BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE
Conceived by Greig Sargeant with Elevator Repair Service
Directed by John Collins
In 1965, two of America’s intellectual giants were invited to debate whether “the American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro,” bringing into sharp focus our country’s deepest divisions.
The renowned theater company Elevator Repair Service returns to The Public with BALDWIN AND BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE, a profoundly relevant presentation of the legendary debate between virtuosic writer James Baldwin and father of American conservatism William F. Buckley, Jr. The production concludes with an imagined scene between Baldwin and his close friend Lorraine Hansberry, researched and written by long-time ERS company members April Matthis and Greig Sargeant.
Heralded by The New York Times as “one of the city’s few truly essential theater companies,” Elevator Repair Service applies their trademark approach of verbatim textual exploration and intensive collaboration to re-create Baldwin and Buckley’s blistering dissection of race, racism, and human worth. BALDWIN AND BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE is conceived by Greig Sargeant and directed by ERS Founder and Artistic Director John Collins.
The cast of BALDWIN AND BUCKLEY AT CAMBRIDGE will feature Daphne Gaines (Lorraine Hansberry), Gavin Price (Mr. Heycock), Greig Sargeant (James Baldwin), Christopher-Rashee Stevenson (Mr. Burford), and Ben Williams (William F. Buckley, Jr.).
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SAT 09/24
7:30 PM
Joseph Papp Free Preview
SUN 09/25 1:30 PM
SUN 09/25 7:30 PM
TUE 09/27
7:30 PM
Community Night
WED 09/28 7:30 PM
THU 09/29 7:30 PM
FRI 09/30 7:30 PM
SAT 10/01 1:30 PM
SAT 10/01 7:30 PM
SUN 10/02 1:30 PM
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7:30 PM
Opening Night
TUE 10/04 7:30 PM
WED 10/05 7:30 PM
THU 10/06
8:00 PM
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FRI 10/07 7:30 PM
SAT 10/08
1:30 PM
Open Caption
SAT 10/08 7:30 PM
SUN 10/09 1:30 PM
SUN 10/09 7:30 PM
TUE 10/11 7:30 PM
WED 10/12 7:30 PM
THU 10/13 7:30 PM
FRI 10/14
7:30 PM
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SAT 10/15
1:30 PM
Audio Described
SAT 10/15 7:30 PM
SUN 10/16 1:30 PM
SUN 10/16 7:30 PM
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- Open Captioned performance October 8, 2022, 1:30PM
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- Audio Described performance October 15, 2022, 1:30PM Matinee performance
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