UMS PRESENTS The Suit

A production of Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord

Based on The Suit by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse, and Barney Simon

Direction, adaptation, and musical direction by Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne, and Franck Krawczyk

Wednesday Evening, February 19, 2014 at 7:30 Thursday Evening, February 20, 2014 at 7:30 Friday Evening, February 21, 2014 at 8:00 Saturday Evening, February 22, 2014 at 8:00 Power Center • Ann Arbor

53rd, 54th, 55th, and 56th Performances of the 135th Annual Season International Theater Series

Photo: The Suit; photographer: Johan Persson. 19 20 the suit WINTER 2014 ums Rikki Henry Assistant Director Oria Puppo Costume Design Philippe Vialatte Lighting Design Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène E Direction, adaptation, andmusical direction by CREATIVE TEAM Théâtre desBouffesduN participation inevents surrounding these performances by Théâtre des BouffesduN E seats andjoin usfor apost-performance withmembers of thecompany. Q&A Following Wednesday evening’s performance, please feel free to remain inyour intermission. The Suitisapproximately 75minutes induration andisperformed without Théâtre dela Place —Liège Festival Italia, Les Théâtres dela Ville deLuxembourg, Young VicTheatre, A co-production between Fondazione Campania deiFestival /Napoli Teatro PROGRAM Special thanks to N Media partnership provided by WDET101.9FM,Michigan R Funded inpartby agrant from theN aton, Anita Gonzalez, aomi Andre, Clare Croft, Amy Chavasse, Larry LaFountain-Stokes, PriscillaL R ob ord appears by arrangement withD N ajarian, the U-M Theatre ational Endowment for theArts. stienne, andFranck Krawczyk Department, and adio 91.7 FM,andBetween theLines. avid E den Productions. D aniel Herwitz, for their support of and aniel Herwitz, for their support of and ord. indsay, Gillian indsay, Gillian be present WINTER 2014 21 Le in its original language its original in The Suit Many years went by before it was by went years Many for the trio of It was quite natural begins. adventure So a new The first a play. possible to turn it into being in Johannesburg came into version to London it went Theatre, the Market at adaptation, new a in later, became, and Costume. again toA Magic Flute to come together present from different music — English. Letting Schubert to be heard — from Franz sources — performed and sungto Miriam Makeba of actors and musicians. a small group by Brook, Marie Hélène Estienne, — Peter Krawczyk and Franck

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W With the support of the C.I.R.T.With the support About Production: C.I.C.T. / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord des Bouffes Production: C.I.C.T. / Théâtre Premiere: Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, April 3, 2012 April du Nord, Paris, des Bouffes Premiere: Théâtre Trumpet Mark Kavuma, Mark Christine, Piano Arthur Astier, Guitar Astier, Arthur Musicians Nonhlanhla Kheswa Nonhlanhla Ivanno Jeremiah Jordan Barbour Jordan CAST of poverty, sadness, and drink. of poverty, exiled to Swaziland where he quickly diedexiled books were banned, and Can Themba was banned, and Can Themba books were Like all black authors dead or alive his alive or dead authors black all Like otherwise. Apartheid decided otherwise. otherwise. decided Apartheid otherwise. fortune,” he told his wife, but fate decided fate but wife, his told he fortune,” . “This will change our life and make our life and make . “This will change our Suit Themba, wrote a short story called The story a short wrote Themba, 1950s when a brilliant black author, Can black author, 1950s when a brilliant

out, while others long to live again. long to live while others out, theater stands still, some themes just weartheater answer is quite simple — nothing in the — nothing is quite simple answer the world in French for many years? The years? for many in French the world 22 the suit WINTER 2014 ums S P du Nord Theatre. There, hedirected opened itspermanent basein theBouffes Theatre Research inParisand1974, Rozan theInternational Centre for (1970), andAntony andCleopatra (1978). US (1966),AMidsummerNight’s Dream King Lear(1962),Marat/Sade (1964), Measure (1950),Titus Andronicus(1955), Labour’s Lost(1946), Shakespeare Company includes Love’s New York. Hiswork withtheRoyal 70 productions in London, Paris, and in 1943.Hethenwent ontodirectover and writing. various genres:theater, opera, cinema, his career, he distinguished himself in more AboutTheSuit Artists his long-timecollaborator Marie-Hélène source languageofEnglish.Working with the work new lifeby returning toits production. Now hehasdecidedtogive and tookitontour inaFrench-language previously adapted that stage version 1990s. in thenewly liberated South Africaofthe Simon at Johannesburg’s Market Theatre stage by Mothobi Mutloatse andBarney his mostfamous work wasadapted forthe South Africa.Hediedanalcoholicbefore to exile in Swaziland, his works banned in in acompletely different way. Hewent in native country meant that hislifechanged the cruel restrictionsofapartheid inhis In 1971, he founded with Micheline In 1971,hefounded withMicheline He directedhisfirstplay inLondon Renowned directorPeter Brook change thewriter’slife.Tragically, novel outh AfricanwriterCanThemba’s London in 1925. Throughout adaptation, music) wasbornin eter Brook ( The Suit was supposed to Measure for direction,

Bouffes, Timon ofAthens, with aminimalcast. production lendsitlifeandenergyeven play astheunfortunate couple, andthis his novel, isasmuch acharacter inthe was erased shortly after Themba wrote of Sophiatown, ateemingtownship that reminder ofheradultery. Butthesetting it, andtake itout forwalksasaconstant honored makes Matilda treat thesuitasan in flagrante. Aspunishment, Philemon when Philemoncatches theillicitcouple to Matilda’s lover andisleft behind wife, Matilda. Thesuitofthetitlebelongs Philomen, amiddle-classlawyer, andhis Schubert andMiriamMakeba. music fromsources asdiverse asFranz they have adapted theplay andset itto Estienne andcomposer Franck Krawczyk, Cherry Orchard, est là, Albert!, Bokar la Mienne, Away Le Costume, Garden; Covent and LeNozzedeFigaroat Giovanni fortheAix enProvence Festival, Pelleas, at theBouffes duNord,Paris,Don Tragédie deCarmenandImpressions of Metropolitan Opera House, New York, La Boris Godounov, English. these performing in both French and and most recently, The Suit — many of Warum, The story ofTheSuit centers on In opera, he directedLaBohème, , Happy Days, , La Mort deKrishna, Sizwe Banzi The Tempest, Love ismy Sin, Conference oftheBirds, Faust guest. Shehastofeedit,entertain The Grand Inquisitor, The Tragedy ofHamlet, and Eugene Onegin The Mahabharata, The Olympians Je suisunPhénomène, , Fragments, The Iks, The ManWho, Eleven andTwelve, Ta Maindans Ubu aux aux Ubu L’Os, , Warum Salomé Salomé Tierno Tierno at the at the Woza The The Qui Qui Far Far be present WINTER 2014 23

, , Absence , and, Costume Le ) begancomposer ( into Une into Die Zauberflöte czyk orn in 1968, Franck Kraw his musical training in Paris and training his musical He also developed new forms of of forms new He also developed in 2005, and of the in 2005, and of the Bokar Tierno shown at the Théâtre des Bouffes du du des Bouffes Théâtre the at shown adaptation the French She wrote Nord. play Themba’s Can the of Athol authors , by Bansi est mort Sizwe Ntshona.Winston and Kani, John Fugard, and English French the wrote In 2003 she inquisiteur/The Le Grand of adaptations Dostoievsky’s Inquisitor based on Grand . She was the author Karamazov Brothers of and Twelve of Eleven English adaptation by Amadou Hampaté Ba in 2009. With Hampaté Amadou by she co-directed Fragments Brook, Peter five short pieces by Beckett, and again Beckett, pieces by short five Franck Brook and composer with Peter and Mozart freely adapted she Krawczyk, Schikaneder’s . flûte enchantée then studied composition in Lyon where in Lyon then studied composition at music teaches chamber he currently (CNSMD). Mr. Krawczyk the Conservatory d’Automne the Festival by was discovered several à Paris and began composing pieces for piano, cello, string quartet, choir. In 2000, he and chamber ensembles, Dugardin and the the Prix Hervé received piece for his orchestral Prix de la SACEM collaboration . His subsequent Ruines him new with Christian Boltanski gave lighting With music. his on perspectives a dozendesigner Jean Kalman, he created in locations and abroad pieces in France spaces to houses from opera ranging art. to contemporary dedicated media: for various creations musical si belle with J. (Je ris de me voir theater , Limbes (Les readings Brochen), Joke video (Private with E. Ostrovski), with F; Salès), and for dance (Purgatorio- Scholten).P.C. and Greco with E. vision, In strong links to maintaining Always B

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Impressions de Pelleas, Impressions Lord of the Flies (1963), Marat/ Meetings with Remarkable Men with Remarkable Meetings The (1989), and The Mahabharata Moderato Cantabile His films include Moderato Peter Brook’s autobiography, autobiography, Brook’s Peter She was Peter Brook’s assistant on Brook’s assistant She was Peter Additional critically acclaimed acclaimed Additional critically Peter Brook is the recipient of many the recipient Brook is Peter

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(2002). Of Hamlet Tragedy (1976), Tell me lies (1967), King Lear Sade (1967), Tell (1959), (1969),

(2009).Grotowski With (1999), and Shakespeare Forgetting) languages, (and (1993), Evoking There are no Secrets (1968) — translated into over 15 over into (1968) — translated Space and joins other titles including The Empty titles including and joins other , was published in 1998, was published Threads of Time

professionals, Marrakech 2013). professionals, Marrakech 2011; Moroccan Federation of Theater’s 2011; Moroccan Federation (Molière, Paris (Molière, Paris Une Flûte Enchantée and Je suis un phénomène L’Homme Qui . With Peter Brook, she co-authored est là. With Peter Ubu aux Bouffes aux of Ubu for the creation (CICT) de Carmen, La Tragédie , Tempest of Qui on the dramaturgy She worked International de Créations Théâtrales Théâtrales Créations de International in 1977. on the staging of The and collaborated (2000). d’Hamlet La Tragédie , and Albert! and consequently joined the Centre Centre the joined consequently and , of Athens on the casting for Timon Production” in Italy/Milano, 2008) Production” in Italy/Milano, Premio Ubu for the “Best Foreign Foreign for the “Best Premio Ubu (Prix Fragments include productions Molière d’honneur in 2011. in Molière d’honneur the Grand Prix SACD in 2003, and the Prix SACD the Grand for (1991), of The Tempest for the direction rewards, including the Prix du Brigadier including the rewards,

and (2010). Nord I 24 the suit WINTER 2014 ums quartet. currently working onhisthirdstring in New York, Milan,andBologna.Heis for Monumenta andwasperformed was created in 2010 at the Grand Palais cello, instrumental ensemble, andchoir, touring internationally. Bouffes duNordinParisandcurrently in November 2010at the Théâtre des adaptation ofMozart’s opera created Estienne on Une flûte enchantée their collaboration withMarie-Hélène sonnets (Love ismy sin).They continued accompaniment forShakespeare’s he conceived andinterpreted amusical Rachmaninoff, Monteverdi). Wieder-Atherton (Janácˇek, Mahler, Mahler, Schoënberg) andcellistSonia Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Wagner, conductor Laurence Equilbey (Vivaldi, collaborated withAccentus choir’s the classical repertoire, Mr.Krawczyk cast Syracuse AreaLive Theatre “Best Actor” Syracuse Stage (wherehereceived a Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Stages, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Workshop, St.Ann’sWarehouse, Urban he worked withNew York Theatre completion of theprogram in2005, tutelage of David Clatworthy. Upon studied vocal performanceunderthe and TheJuilliardSchool.At Juilliardhe program between Columbia University to New York, whereheattended a joint while still inhigh schoolbeforemoving Barbour beganworking professionally in Willingboro,New Jersey in1983,Mr. singer basedout ofNew York City. Born Jordan Barb His lastmajor work, Polvere forsolo In 2009,uponPeter Brook’srequest, our isanactorand , a free , a free T including presented revolutionary productions, 1952. SinceMr.Brookrevived it,ithas was finallycondemnedandclosedin a longsuccessionofdirectorsuntil it fought an out-of-the-way location and state ofdecay. Builtin1876,thetheater 100-year history by preserving itina 1974 anddecidedtohonorthetheater’s found theformermusic hallindecline by New York playwright Young Jean Lee. and thensubsequently tour TheShipment Additionally, Mr. Barbour helped create Mr. Barbour played Teddy Jones,herson. Horne (played by LeslieUggams)inwhich Weather, amusical about thelifeofLena Playhouse inthepremiereofStormy Mr. Barbour performedat Pasadena Cullen at Urban Stages inNew York City. which Mr.Barbour appeared asCountee the lifeoffamed poet LangstonHughes,in in Harlem,anoff-Broadway musical about including theworld premiereofLangston works intheUS andinternationally, Mr. Barbour haspremieredseveral new Lion, TheWitch,andWardrobe ). nomination forhiswork asAslaninThe debut thisweek. Nord asthecompany makes theirUMS UMS welcomes Théâtre desBouffes du Olivier Mantei andOlivierPoubelle. down in2011,handingthedirectorshipto friendly matinees. Mr.Brookstepped reasonable ticket pricesandfamily- as open andaccessible aspossiblewith history, decidedtomake thetheater in additiontoretaining thebuilding’s Brook andpartner MichelineRozan, Mahabharata, du NordinParis.Peter Brook Nord is located near the Gare héâ

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, Biennale d’Art Biennale , a classically is ine ier has thur Ast st Je ris de me voir si belle Je ris de me voir Happy Hours Happy k Chri Film and television credits include:Film and television directed, Mark has music trained actor and musician currently based currently actor and musician trained both in performed has He Angeles. Los in regional some of the top at and musicals plays including the Guthrie in the US theaters Taper Group/Mark Theatre Center Theatre, Center, Denver La Jolla Playhouse, Forum, Cruz. Santa and Shakespeare The List, and the Fortitude, Year, The New . The Band pilot TV independent for a and accompanied orchestrated, independent and theaters of variety the past decade, including over projects Signature and Stage Harlem at works numerous at He has played Theatre. in Angeles Los and York New in venues halls acrossaddition to clubs and concert He studied classical piano the country. has years the and over from age four including of instruments learned a variety tuba, and accordion, guitar, saxophone, harmonica. played both guitar and bass guitar with guitar and both played to Drawn rock bands. different various he put of expression, means innovative artistic of other his guitars to the service and theater, arts, forms such as plastic means of principally by classical music, Franck with the composer collaboration Krawczyk: as as well Julie Brochen, directed by a host of Boltanski/Kalman/Krawczyk O Mensch!, Festivalproductions including d’Automne; in New York, where she has primarily she has where York, in New for an are afoot Plans for a decade. resided classical famous most China’s with album Lang. pianist, Lang Ar Born in 1985, , Pleins Jours de Lyon; Contemporain , Nuits Nacht Gute Châtelet; du Théâtre , Monumenta Blanches Paris; and Polvere Palais). 2010 Paris (Grand Mar at the West Yorkshire Yorkshire West the at The Lion King. An accomplished was encouraged at a very a very at encouraged was wa at the Pleasance; Home at Welcome at the Royal at Reconciliation and Truth and Veteran include: The Film credits Theater credits include: Octavius in credits include: Octavius Theater As You Like It Like You As is a Ugandan- anno Jeremiah her own ensembles, before audiences before audiences ensembles, her own Jean and has performed regularly, with world as a featured vocalist with Wyclef vocalist featured as a world and pop music, Ms. Kheswa has toured the Ms. Kheswa has toured music, and pop celebrated vocal traditions but also in jazz also in but traditions vocal celebrated Disney’s Disney’s Africa’s only within South singer not professional stage career on Broadway inprofessional stage career on Broadway storytelling gifts. At age 16 she began a At gifts. storytelling s Khe of her teachers to be proud age by young onhlanhla Nonhlanhla in Alexandra, raised Born in Soweto, Johannesburg and and Johannesburg Born in Soweto, also for ITV. , Injustice in II and also appeared The Jury a leading role in the acclaimed TV series a leading role in the acclaimed TV Papadopoulos and Sons. Mr. Jeremiah had Papadopoulos

Agamemnon, and The Seagull. , Juliet and including Romeo plays classical and and of variety a in performed Jeremiah Mr. Court; Court; RADA, time at During his Playhouse. tour; tour; Company in London and international in London and international Company with the Royal ShakespeareJulius Caesar with the Royal

annually to an actor of exceptional talent. to an actor of exceptional annually the work of Alan Bates and is awarded and is awarded of Alan Bates the work Bursary in 2010, which commemorates in 2010, which commemorates Bursary was the recipient of The Alan Bates Bates of The Alan was the recipient where he graduated in 2010. Mr. Jeremiah where he graduated Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) (RADA) Art of Dramatic Academy Royal Performing Arts and won a place at the a place at and won Performing Arts He studied drama at the British School ofSchool British the at drama studied He born actor who currently lives in London. lives born actor who currently Iv Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. in Sydney, House Opera Sydney Theater in Hamburg, Germany; and the Germany; in Hamburg, Theater Hebbel Theater in Berlin, Germany; Thalia in Berlin, Germany; Theater Hebbel Theater Spektakel in Zurich, Switzerland; Spektakel Theater at the Festival d’Automne in Paris, France; France; in Paris, d’Automne Festival the at venues around the globe, including stops including the globe, around venues The Shipment at in The Shipment performed He has 26 the suit WINTER 2014 ums Amen Corner. with TheNational Theatre’s productionof Marcus Collins. the Jazz Ensemble. Television creditsinclude: groups suchasNYJO, TWYJO, andTrinity the Club’sfamous late show. performers toleadhisown ensemble at Club, Mr.Kavuma isoneoftheyoungest John Hendricksat RonnieScott’s Jazz addition, having supported jazzlegend Roundhouse, andtheRivoli Ballroom.In the Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall,the the Royal Festival Hall,Royal Albert Hall, at mostofLondon’stop venues, including trio andquintet, Mr.Kavuma hasplayed Kalichakra, Kinetika, andleadinghisown Jay’s JitterJive band,Dubreggaegroup Brinsley Ford (Aswad), Denis Batiste, Jazz Jamaica, Nu Civilization Orchestra, Mr. Kavuma performs regularly with his studiesat Trinity College ofMusic, Marsalis. Lincoln Center Orchestra withWynton gigs asguestsoloistwiththeJazzat managed tolandhimselftwo prestigious competition intheUK,Mr.Kavuma soloist at thefirstEssentially Ellington British jazzscene.Having been voted best of thebestyoung trumpet players onthe M University ofMichigan. La JollaPlayhouse andaBFA fromthe work includes Vernon God, Little assistant director at theYoung Vic,his production ofGovernment Inspector.As Young Vic,hedirectedtheYoung People’s for theCreative Arts. Previously at the studied FilmProductionat theUniversity Rikk Henry ( ar Paul O’Grady Show, BBC One,andwith Currently, Mr. Kavuma is involved Mr. Kavuma hasbeeninvolved with Only 20years oldandstilladvancing He holdsanMFA fromUC SanDiego/ k Ka v uma assistant director) is fast becoming one Annie Annie Marini, tobestagedinBuenos Aires. Ciro Zorzoliproductionfeaturing Marilú costumes forJeanGenet’s TheMaids,ina Lyrique. She is also at work on the sets and Baur fortheParisNational Opera’s Atelier Handel’s on the stage sets for a production of contemporary art spaces.Sheisworking well asperformative installations in stage sets and costumes for opera as 2007 andhercreations includeseveral Aires International Festival from1999 to was thetechnicaldirectorofBuenos Tierno Bokar andAMagicFlute.She du Nordontwo Peter Brookproductions: Opera. Shehasworked withtheBouffes Amerika and Mannheim,Germany, stagingKafka’s Lucerne, Switzerland, and in Stuttgart She hascollaborated withthelatter in Villanueva, CiroZorzoli,andA.Tantanian. Diego Kogan, Rafael Spregelburd, Roberto stage sets and costumes for directors and Paris. In Argentina, she has created divides hertimebetween BuenosAires scenographer andcostumedesignerwho Oria P and Urban Legends (National Theatre Studio); When theChickens CameHometoRoost, assistant directingcreditsalsoinclude: Strawberry PickingFestival). Mr.Henry’s Before Stonecrabs Theatre); andTheMoment Woza Albert! Wilson) (Trafalgar Arts/The OldRedLion); Young Vic);Jitney (monologueby August From Dover toCalais(ATC/Bristol OldVic/ Other recent directingwork includes: productions ofUncleVanya andKingLear. Get Your Gun, andtheYoung People’s Ghosts orThoseWhoReturn (Arcola). (Warehouse Theatre Croydon/ , directed by Lilo La Resurrezione,directedby Lilo and Brecht’s The Threepenny uppo ( (staged reading) (Albany/ costume design)isa be present WINTER 2014 27

­ (2009). David (2009). David Farce The Walworth (2012, 2011), Maly Drama Theatre’s Theatre’s Drama Maly (2012, 2011), well BAM, as (2012) at Three Sisters Galway’s of tours American as North of Inishmaan, Cripple Theatre’s Druid and with extensively worked has Eden institutions on special presenting major (Mostly including Lincoln Center projects, and Great Festival, White Light Mozart, John F. KennedyPerformers), and the In 2004, Mr. Eden for the Arts. Center Ashton Festival’s Lincoln Center curated centennial a two-week Celebration, the Metropolitan at retrospective master celebrating House Opera Ashton. Sir Frederick choreographer Batsheva Dance Company, Théâtre de la de Théâtre Company, Dance Batsheva Rhinoceros of Ionesco’s production Ville’s Georgia’s of the Republic (2012), Dublin’sTheatre Gate Basiani, Ensemble Tape Last Krapp’s and Endgame/Watt avid Eden Productions David Manager General Erica Charpentier, Production Consultant Chris Buckley, Visa Coordinator Elise-Ann Konstantin, Agent Travel Travel, Lori Harrison, Atlas

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