Directed by Talia Feldberg
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, a directing thesis production directed by current student Talia Feldberg and written by Caryl Churchill.
When old powers fall, who decides what’s next? In this kaleidoscopic portrait of the English Civil War era, radical ideas flow freely, leaders debate the way forward, and some people think it’s the end times.
Caryl Churchill’s early masterwork is a fiery, eerily resonant vision of a country in flux, and a population navigating a strange new world in search of a better future. With sharp eyes, a curious heart, and a big toolbox, this formally imaginative production cracks open the past for today’s audience in search of a light shining back at us.
Showtimes
Thursday, September 18, 7:30 PM
Friday, September 19, 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 20, 2 PM
Saturday, September 20, 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 21, 2 PM
Run Time
2 hours 30 minutes (150 minutes)
Featuring
Patrick Dunning - Ensemble (Star et al.)
Eugene Kreitzberg - Ensemble (Cobbe et al.)
Jesse Cao Long (current student) - Ensemble (Claxton et al.)
Alena Rose - Ensemble (Hoskins et al.)
Rutger Scott - Ensemble (Briggs et al.)
Joana Tsuhlares - Ensemble (Brotherton et al.)
Production Team & Crew
Production Stage Manager - Sarah Daniel (current student)
Stage Manager - Carina Jiang (current student)
Assistant Stage Manager - Paige Willis (current student)
Producer - Melissa Marino (current student)
Company Manager - Caitlin Berg (current student)
Dramaturg - Sophia Parker (current student)
Scenic Designer - Brendan Gonzales Boston
Costume Designer - Brynne Oster-Bainnson
Lighting Designer - Yiyuan Li
Sound Designer - Mellie Way
Props Designer - Thomas Jenkeleit
Projection Designer - Etzu Shaw ‘23
Composer & Music Director - Santiago Gutiérrez
About the Director
Talia Feldberg is a director and native New Yorker. She works across a range of performance forms, including plays old and new; opera and music(al) theatre; and “experimental” and/or multidisciplinary projects. Her foremost artistic obsession is the past and its permutations (both collective and personal). Sometimes she makes new shows out of old text. Favorite recent directing credits include Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Mary Ruefle’s On Secrets at Columbia; and David Lang’s The Little Match Girl Passion with Music at Co-Cath. Talia has made, produced, and otherwise facilitated theatre via many entities in and around NYC, including a few you may know of. 2020 SDCF Observership with Marianne Elliott (Company). Next up: assisting Paul Lazar & Annie-B Parson on What to wear at BAM/Prototype; and Professor Anne Bogart on The Song of the Earth at Boston Lyric Opera. Talia has a BA in Drama & Victorian Studies from Vassar College, and is currently completing her MFA at Columbia.
“Light Shining in Buckinghamshire” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf
of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
By Caryl Churchill