Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre company is preparing to spend a month in New York this spring.
The company is taking one of last summer season’s hit shows, Alan Ayckbourn’s A Brief History of Women, to the city to be part of the annual Brits Off Broadway festival organised by 59e59 Theaters. The show will be seen at the theatre – which is located at 59 East 59th Street – from 1 to 27 May.
American audiences will see the original Scarborough production with cast members Russell Dixon, Antony Eden, Frances Marshall, Laura Matthews, Laurence Pears and Louise Shuttleworth. The show is written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn, with set and costume design by Kevin Jenkins and lighting design by Jason Taylor.
It was part of a record-breaking season at the Stephen Joseph Theatre last summer which also included Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Amelia Bullmore’s Di and Viv and Rose, Alan Ayckbourn’s Taking Steps and Ali Taylor’s Goth Weekend.
Brits Off Broadway has been described by The New York Times as ‘a highlight of the theatrical year in New York’. The SJT company has been part of the prestigious festival on six previous occasions since 2005.
