The Official Publication of the Samuel Beckett Society
Directed by Jamie Lloyd Featuring Keanu Reeves (Estragon), Alex Winter (Vladimir), Michael Patrick Thornton (Lucky), Brandon J. Dirden (Pozzo), Eric Williams/Zaynn Arora (Boy) Friday 26 September 2025 Endgame, Irish Arts Center, New York Directed by Garry Hynes Featuring Bosco Hogan (Nagg), Aaron Monaghan (Clov), Marie Mullen (Nell), Rory Nolan (Hamm) Saturday 24 October 2025 Reviews... Continue Reading →
Director Robynn Rodriguez Featuring Tasso Feldman (Pozzo), Jonathan Haugen (Lucky), Preston Mead (Boy), Ray Porter (Estragon), and Derrick Lee Weeden (Vladimir) 16 October 2025 Review by Geoff Ridden In a valley full of theatre companies, all of which are dwarfed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), the Rogue Theater Company (RTC) is exceptional. Established by... Continue Reading →
Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett Featuring: Rainn Wilson (Vladimir), Aasif Mandvi (Estragon), Conor Lovett (Pozzo), Adam Stein (Lucky), Lincoln Bonilla/Jack McSherry (Boy) 3 November 2024 Review by Patrick Bixby Los Angeles (my hometown, I must confess) may have a reputation for superficiality, crass commercialism, and cloying celebrity worship, not least because the Hollywood entertainment industry often seems to... Continue Reading →
Directed by James Macdonald Featuring Ben Whishaw (Vladimir), Lucian Msamati (Estragon), Tom Edden (Lucky), Jonathan Slinger (Pozzo), Luca Fone/Alexander Joseph/Ellis Pang (Boy) Monday 23 September 2024 Review by Rosaleen Maprayil Beckett’s plays are often staged at moments of crisis. Waiting for Godot, a work that is shaped by Beckett’s experiences of war, has been subject... Continue Reading →
Directed by Rachel Hall Featuring Josh Telepman (Vladimir), Michael Jay (Estragon), Quinton Kappel (Pozzo), Tom Marsh (Lucky), and Curtis Keene (Boy) 14 September 2024 Review by Paul Shields Quinton Kappel is excellent in the role of Pozzo at Great Road Church in Acton, Massachusetts. Rachel Hall directs Kappel and the rest of the cast in... Continue Reading →
Federal Correctional Complex Victorville In the darkness of an early December morning, I drove across the vast City of Angels to join the cast, director, and other creatives from the Geffen Playhouse and Gare St. Lazare Ireland’s Waiting for Godot. We would be traveling together to one of California’s largest prisons, the Federal Correctional Institution... Continue Reading →
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