A
father’s heart attack, a fortune suddenly up for grabs, and
an otherwise peaceful family left to fight like animals for
the spoils—it’s The Vultures, a play by the
little-known nineteenth-century French writer Henri Becque,
resurrected in English for a reading on American soil. Leading
an all-star cast of New Yorkers, two-time Obie Award-winning
director Jim Simpson (Flea Theater) brings a downtown
sensibility to a story rife with the spirit of Ibsen. Through
mere naked text and the powerful performances behind it,
a caustic indictment of Industrial Age mores becomes a cautionary
tale for our own.
Directed by Jim
Simpson.
Cast
Mme. Vigneron – Kathleen
Turner
Mme. de Saint Genis – Bebe
Neuwirth
Judith - Annie Parisse
Marie – Maria Dezzia
Blanche - Sarah Silk
Rosalie - Jacqueline Chambord
Vigneron - Ron Faber
Tessier - Gerry Bammon
Bourdon - Mark Zeisler
Merckens - James Waterston
Dupuis - Jaime Robert Carrillo
August – James Blanshard
Physician - Drew Hildebrand
Gaston – Barnett Cohen |
