LOVE at Park Avenue Armory, New York
by Alexander Zeldin
A Zeldin Company
Booking and details
Park Avenue Armory, New York
643 Park Avenue
New York
NY 10065
United States
Having gripped UK audiences at the National Theatre in 2016 and garnered widespread acclaim around the world since its London premiere, this engaging new play makes its North American premiere and marks the New York debut of writer and director Alexander Zeldin.
This powerful piece of drama—written after a years-long process of community collaboration and immersion, personal interviews, and first-hand accounts—draws attention to the cracks in the welfare system when several families are brought together in a shelter in the lead up to Christmas.
The audience is invited to step inside their reality and bear witness to some of the touching, humorous, and profoundly human instances of their combined existence.
Played with the house lights up and audience members seated amongst the company, the heart-breaking production reveals the cast seeming to live rather than act.
The result is an authentic and intimate story for our times that shows rather than tells, born out of the daily rituals of survival to expose the humanity behind housing insecurity.
An A Zeldin Company and Park Avenue Armory Production
Original production by the National Theatre in co-Production with Brimingham Repertory Theatre
Touring Production by Odéon-Théatre de l’Europe and A Zeldin Company
Performed 25 February — 25 March 2023 in the Park Avenue Armory, New York.
‘a great piece of theater — funny, beautifully staged, and with the kind of excitement that retunes your attention to tiny heartbreaks instead of just huge ones’
The New York Times, Critic’s Pick
‘Stark, Powerful, and the Best New Play in New York’
The Daily Beast
Supporters
Production supported by The Polonsky Foundation
Cast
Alex Austin
Alex Austin
Amelda Brown
For the National Theatre: Apart from George, Macbeth and The Confessions (for A Zeldin Company)
Naby Dakhli
Naby Dakhli
Janet Etuk
Janet Etuk
Amelia Finnegan
Amelia Finnegan
Oliver Finnegan
Oliver Finnegan
Nick Holder
Nick Holder
Hind Swareldahab
Hind Swareldahab
Grace Willoughby
Grace Willoughby
Production team
Alexander Zeldin
Director
Alexander Zeldin
Natasha Jenkins
Set and Costume Design
Natasha Jenkins
Marc Williams
Lighting Design
Marc Williams
Josh Anio Grigg
Josh Anio Grigg is a sound designer.
Marcin Rudy
Movement
Marcin Rudy
Jacob Sparrow
For the National Theatre: The Hot Wing King, The Confessions, Pericles, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2021 tour), Hadestown (also West End), Faith, Hope and Charity (also tour), Follies, Amadeus and LOVE (also tours and film)
Elin Schofield
Elin Schofield is a director, writer and movement director.
Kev McCurdy
Recent National Theatre includes: Till the Stars Come Down, Othello, Antony & Cleopatra, An Octoroon and Network
Original National Theatre production image by Sarah Lee