Get a first look at the Ruth Stage production of Ayn Rand‘s interactive courtroom drama Night of January 16th with the production photos in the gallery below. Previews began October 7 at Theatre Row ahead of an October 11 opening night. Performances will continue through October 18.
The work, first performed in Los Angeles in 1934, casts audience members as the jury in the trial of Karen Andre, a former secretary accused of murdering her businessman lover.
Ruth Stage chairman and creative director Matt De Rogatis plays Faulkner and “Guts” Regan in the company’s radical reimagining of Rand’s courtroom drama, joined by Christa B. Allen as Karen Andre, Maryam Basir as District Attorney Flint, Hannah Beemer as Lady Justice, Dylan Joseph Lee Catania as Siegurd Jungquist, Nelson DePasquale as John Hutchin, Milton Elliott as Elmer Sweeney, Prince Hamadi as Dr. Kirkland and James Chandler, Jim Kempner as John Graham Whitfield, Bethany Lanza as Magda Svenson, Joe Pandosh as Homer Van Fleet, Emily Slass as Nancy Lee Faulkner, Gary Stevens as Defense Attorney Stevens, and Theo Devaney as Judge Heath.
Theo Devaney is also directing the production, which features scenic and lighting design by Christian Specht and sound design by Tomas Correa.
Tickets are at RuthStage.org.