Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby

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Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby
The Royal Court Theatre and Mighty Mouth
in association with Cusack Projects Limited

October 7-11 at 7:30 pm
October 12 at 3 pm

At BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Written by
Samuel Beckett

Performed by
Lisa Dwan

Directed by
Walter Asmus

Set Design by
Alex Eales

Lighting Design by
James Farncombe

Music by
Tom Smail

Sound Design by
David McSeveney

Presented by BAM in association with Irish Arts Center

“The astonishing actress Lisa Dwan…doesn’t just uncover layers; she digs all the way to the void beneath them.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times

In this staging of three one-woman plays by Samuel Beckett, directed by the playwright's longtime friend Walter Asmus, the obsessive rhythms of abject existence—rambling, pacing, and rocking—are laid bare. Irish actor Lisa Dwan, who drew ecstatic reviews for her performances at the Royal Court Theatre and in the West End, masterfully triangulates the existential void. In Not I, a woman-reduced to a mere mouth, suspended in total darkness-seeks solace in a blisteringly paced stream of her own broken speech. In Footfalls, a tattered soul, drained of life, paces relentlessly outside her dying mother's bedroom. And in Rockaby, a woman slowly withdraws from the world, rocked to eternal sleep in her mother's chair.

Running Time: 55 min

Not I, Footfalls, Rockaby is presented as part of our first-ever collaboration with BAM, one of the country’s foremost multidisciplinary cultural institutions for the contemporary performing arts. We are thrilled to join BAM in presenting four contemporary Irish theatre productions as part of BAM’s 2014 Next Wave Festival. Visit BAM.org for more details.