Sesar

By Orlando Pabotoy
Directed by Richard Feldman

Playwright / Performer

Oct. 20–Nov. 1, 2018 | Ma-Yi Theater World Premiere
Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St.

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Design Team
Junghyun Georgia Lee | Set and Costume Design
Oliver Wason | Lighting Design
Fabian Obispo | Sound Design
Dan Scully | Projection Design
Rachael Gass | Production Stage Manager

Sesar was commissioned by Ma-Yi Theater Company and was developed in part during Mr. Pabotoy’s Fox Foundation Actor Fellowship at Ma-Yi Theater Company.

Photo: Hunter Canning

Photo: Hunter Canning

About the Production:
After watching an excerpt of Julius Caesar on television, a 14-year Filipino boy locks himself in the only family bathroom to dive head-first into the world of ancient Rome, determined to make sense of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. The boy’s father, a former town mayor now exiled because of his democratic beliefs, joins his son in the bathroom. Using his own political experience, a father helps his son understand Caesar’s story, and real-life lessons about power, life, and loss.