Handcart Ensemble ~ Genesis

Adapted by Matthew Freeman

For this original production, we are happy to be working with Gorilla Repertory Theatre alumnus Matthew Freeman. In Genesis, serpents, stolen innocence, fratricide, floods and human sacrifice work their universal magic through playwright/director Freeman’s imaginative weaving of five Middle English mini-dramas based on stories from the Old Testament.

When & Where

Opens Saturday June 7th
Closes Saturday June 28th

Runs Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm

The Common Basis Theatre
750 8th Avenue, Room 500
New York, NY 10036

Tickets

$12 with reservation, $15 at the door

For reservations, please call (212) 726-8054 or visit our tickets page

The Cast

* with permission of Actors’ Equity Association — Equity Showcase status

The Crew

Director

Matthew Freeman

Costumes

Catherine Sorensen
TeAwna Houston

Lighting

Jon Liddiard

Music

John Gregor

Choreography

David DelGrosso

Props

Catherine Sorensen

The Buzz

Posted June 2nd

About Us

Old Wine in New Bottles

Handcart Ensemble produces new adaptations, new translations, and new works for the theater, drawing primarily from classical sources. Read our mission statement for more information.

Handcart's Horizon

Watch here for details on productions planned for the coming year and seasons, which include a reading of Racine's Iphigenia in a glorious new translation by poet Rachel Hadas, a full production of Homer's Odyssey as adapted by poet Simon Armitage, and a startlingly orginal version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood (for which a teaser will appear in our December benefit of A Child's Christmas in Wales: Stories and Poems by Dylan Thomas); all from a company described as "the city’s most reliable and interesting presenter of contemporary renditions of classic theatre texts (NYTheatre.com)."