“People like us, who believe in physics,” Albert Einstein once said, “know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” Einstein meant it as consolation — he was speaking at the funeral of a friend — but alas, for André (Ted van Griethuysen) the distinction has melted and he is in terror. A man of great dignity and self-possession, Andrei finds himself facing some disconcerting uncertainties. Is he in his apartment, or his daughter Anne’s (Kate Eastwood Norris, or, sometimes, Erika Rose)? And who is that man (Daniel Harray or, sometimes, Manny Buckey) in the apartment with them? Why doesn’t his other daughter, Elise, come to visit them any more? And where is his damn watch? Ted van Griethuysen and Kate Eastwood Norris in Studio Theatre’s The Father. (Photo: Teresa Wood) The Father comes to us as a comedy might: André, having terrorized his nurse into resigning, now must confront his daughter, who has a terrible dilemma. It is this: she is moving from Paris to London to be with her lover, and must find a solution for her father, who is slipping into dementia. She cannot look after him, and if she can’t […] Read More
Daniel will appear in THE FATHER at Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. from May 10, 2017-June 18, 2017. THE FATHER 05/10/17 – 06/18/17 WRITTEN BY FLORIAN ZELLER TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON DIRECTED BY DAVID MUSE Florian Zeller’s internationally acclaimed and theatrically thrilling exploration of who we are to ourselves when our signposts disappear, starring Ted van Griethuysen. https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2016-2017-the-father Read More
Daniel plays Cyrano de Bergerac in CYRANO at Sierra Repertory Theatre through October 16, 2016: http://www.sierrarep.org/page.html?20160923-ES “A show that can make you feel again as deeply and unashamedly as you did when you were 17. … Cyrano, with all of its heartbreaking panache, achieves that in aces. Three cheers and a flourish of a feathered hat to that.” – Oregon ArtsWatch By Edmond Rostand Translated by Michael Hollinger Adapted by Michael Hollinger & Aaron Posner Read More
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