SWEET AND SAD TICKET INFORMATION
The Public Lab run of Sweet and Sad ended on September 25, 2011.
Regular Price: $15
Public Theater Member Price: $12
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PUBLIC LAB THURSDAY NIGHT SPEAKER SERIES
Please join us for the Public Lab Speaker Series which will consist of engaging post-show conversations with the artists and notable panelists. Events will be held:
Thursday, September 15
Is
a memorial for the dead or the living?
A discussion with Richard Nelson (writer/director of Sweet and Sad), Paul Goldberger (Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York) and Matt Dunning (former Associate Editor of the Tribeca Trib who covered the planning and construction of the World Trade Center site from 2008-2011) moderated by Jeremy McCarter (Director of Public Forum) about the role architecture, or the lack thereof, plays in grieving and remembering.
Thursday,
September 22
Can we still talk across the
political divide?
Co-sponsored
by Common Cause
A discussion about how difficult it has become to discuss politics and how we bridge the divide with Richard Nelson (writer/director of Sweet and Sad), Clyde Haberman (NYC columnist for The New York Times) and Susan Lerner (Executive Director of Common Cause/NY, a nonpartisan citizens lobby that gives the public a voice in the political process).
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Sweet and Sad
"Mr. Nelson is an astute observer of family dynamics as well as the upstanding liberal conscience." - The New York Times
SWEET AND SAD
Written and Directed by RICHARD NELSON
Public Lab - WORLD PREMIERE
Featuring
Jon DeVries, Shuler
Hensley, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins,
Jay O. Sanders, and J. Smith-Cameron.
September 6 - 25, 2011
3 WEEKS ONLY!
Rhinebeck, New York. September 11, 2011.
The
Apple Family finds themselves together again for the first time since
Election Night, 2010. Marian, reeling from a personal tragedy, now
lives with her sister Barbara; sister Jane is back with her boyfriend
Tim, their brother Richard has come up from Manhattan, and Uncle
Benjamin prepares for his first dramatic performance in years. Over
Sunday brunch on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Apples find
themselves talking about loss, memory, remembrance and the meaning of
compensation.
With Sweet and Sad, Tony Award-winner Richard Nelson (Conversations in Tusculum, James Joyce's The Dead)
continues his series of plays exploring the immediate present and the
ever-changing state of the nation through the story of the liberal
Apples. The critically acclaimed ensemble cast first introduced to
Public Lab audiences in last season's That Hopey Changey Thing returns.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Tuesday
- Sunday at 7:30PM
Matinees: Saturday and Sunday at 2PM
No matinee performance: Saturday, September 10 and Sunday September 11
Opening Night Performance: Sunday, September 11 at 7pm
Public Forum performance (see below):
Thursday, September 8th
Running Time: 1 hour and 50 minutes
SPECIAL EVENTS AROUND
SWEET AND SAD
THE PUBLIC FORUM: THE 9/11 DECADE
Hosted by Alec Baldwin
Thursday, September 8th
at 7:30PM
Following
a special performance of Sweet
and Sad, Alec Baldwin and a highprofile panel will explore the hard
questions raised by the tenth anniversary of 9/11: How did the attacks change
New York? Did our leaders exploit them? What's the best way to remember the
tragedy - or have we already forgotten?
Member tickets for this special event are $20 (regular $25). Includes
admission to the performance and the post-show discussion.
PUBLIC LAB THURSDAY
NIGHT SPEAKER SERIES
September 15th and
September 22nd
Join us for post-show conversations with the artists and notable panelists.Free
with admission to the performance.
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Creative Team for Sweet and Sad
Scenery & Costume Designer – Susan Hilferty
Lighting Designer – Jennifer Tipton
Sound Designers – Scott Lehrer & Will Pickens
Production Stage Manager – Pamela Salling
Assistant Stage Manager – Maggie Swing