Lillian (New Theater Wing)
- Written by David Cale
- Directed by Joe Mantello
David Cale is acclaimed as one of the leading solo performers in America. His shows include the Obie Award-winning Lillian, Somebody Else's House, Deep in a Dream of You, The Nature of Things, Smooth Music, The Redthroats, Betwixt and Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky, seen at The Goodman Theatre. Cale also wrote and narrated the text for Chickens, performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project. Cale is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Solo Performance Fellowship, two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, two "Bessie" Awards, two New York State Council on the Arts grants, a Sundance Institute Screenwriter's Fellowship and a 2002 ASCAP Songwriting Award. As an actor, Cale has appeared on Broadway in Present Laughter and Off-Broadway in Curtains, for which he received an ensemble OBIE Award. He has appeared in the films Radio Days, Men Don't Leave, A Prince in the Projects, Illuminata, Pollock and The Slaughter Rule. (As of Oct 2013)
JOE MANTELLO's directing credits include Other Desert Cities, The Pride, Pal Joey, 9 to 5,November, The Receptionist, The Ritz, Blackbird, Three Days of Rain, The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony nomination), Laugh Whore, Assassins (Tony Award), Wicked, Take Me Out (Tony Award), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune, A Man of No Importance, Design for Living andLove! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination). As an actor: The Normal Heart (Tony nomination),Angels in America (Tony nomination) and The Baltimore Waltz. He is recipient of Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Clarence Derwent, Obie and Joe A. Callaway awards. He is a member of Naked Angels and an associate artist at Roundabout Theatre Company. (As of May 2011)
A remarkable one-man show that introduces one remarkable woman. Meet LILLIAN: a properly married middle-aged Englishwoman who takes the chance of a lifetime when she abandons her perfectly commonplace life and falls in love with a wild and tempestuous much younger man. Without ever looking back, Lillian begins a journey, told with passion, warmth and humor, that runs from surrender to self-discovery.
Featuring
David Cale
David Cale is acclaimed as one of the leading solo performers in America. His shows include the Obie Award-winning Lillian, Somebody Else's House, Deep in a Dream of You, The Nature of Things, Smooth Music, The Redthroats, Betwixt and Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky, seen at The Goodman Theatre. Cale also wrote and narrated the text for Chickens, performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project. Cale is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Solo Performance Fellowship, two New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships, two "Bessie" Awards, two New York State Council on the Arts grants, a Sundance Institute Screenwriter's Fellowship and a 2002 ASCAP Songwriting Award. As an actor, Cale has appeared on Broadway in Present Laughter and Off-Broadway in Curtains, for which he received an ensemble OBIE Award. He has appeared in the films Radio Days, Men Don't Leave, A Prince in the Projects, Illuminata, Pollock and The Slaughter Rule. (As of Oct 2013)
Creative Team
Robert Brill
Scenic DesignerBeverly Emmons
Lighting DesignerPeter B. Waxdal
Production Stage Manager
Photo of David Cale by Joan Marcus.