North American Premiere – A Park Avenue Armory and Young Vic Production

Yerma

Simon Stone
Federico García Lorca
Billie Piper

North American Premiere – A Park Avenue Armory and Young Vic Production

Yerma

Simon Stone
Federico García Lorca
Billie Piper

March 23, 2018 - April 21, 2018

Wade Thompson Drill Hall

Federico García Lorca’s 1934 devastating drama is radically reimagined by Australian director and dramatist Simon Stone, who transforms the achingly powerful tale of a provincial Spanish woman’s desperate desire to have a child into a parable of modern life. Having won 2017 Olivier Awards for Best Revival and Best Actress for Billie Piper when staged at the Young Vic in London, this full-blooded production is transported to the Armory for its highly anticipated North American premiere.

Making her New York stage debut, the extraordinary Piper delivers a fearless performance as the woman—now a blogger and journalist—driven to the unthinkable by her obsession with her own infertility while brutally documenting her trauma amidst the internet-surfing blogosphere of today. Stone—in his New York directorial debut—superbly stages this requiem for lost hope in a glass encasement that transforms from luxurious apartment to garden to wild music festival at an electrifying pace. Intersecting the audience, this highly unusual staging serves as a strikingly effective visual metaphor to imitate life under a microscope and lived online while heightening our sense of voyeurism.

Previews

March 23–26, 2018

Performances

March 27–April 21, 2018

Run Time

This performance is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission. 

“One of the most harrowing—and compelling—productions you are ever likely to see”

The New York Times

“Billie Piper is simply staggering. She’s a revelation in this shattering production. Yerma will leave you shaken long after you’ve left the theater.”

The Hollywood Reporter

“A remarkable work in absolutely every single aspect. Resounding and unshakable.”

Vogue

Gallery

  • Billie Piper (Her) and Brendan Cowell (John) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • John MacMillan (Victor) and Billie Piper (Her) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Brendan Cowell (John) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Billie Piper (Her) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Brendan Cowell (John) and Billie Piper (Her) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  •  John MacMillan (Victor) and Billie Piper (Her) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Billie Piper (Her) and Thalissa Teixeira (Des) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  •  John MacMillan (Victor) and Billie Piper (Her) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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  • Billie Piper (Her) in Federico García Lorca's Yerma, adapted and directed by Simon Stone at Park Avenue Armory.
    Photo: Stephanie Berger

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Related Videos

  • Trailer | Yerma

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  • Themes of Yerma

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  • Adapting and Rehearsing Yerma

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  • Designing and Staging Yerma

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  • Artist Talk | Yerma

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Creative Team

  • Director

    Simon Stone

  • Set Designer

    Lizzie Clachan

  • Costume Designer

    Alice Babidge

  • Lighting Designer

    James Farncombe

  • Composer and Sound Designer

    Stefan Gregory

  • CDG Casting

    Julia Horan

Cast

  • Helen

    Maureen Beattie

  • John

    Brendan Cowell

  • Victor

    John MacMillan

  • Her

    Billie Piper

  • Mary

    Charlotte Randle

  • Des

    Thalissa Teixeira

Production Credits

A Park Avenue Armory and Young Vic Production

Related Events

Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 6:00 pm

Artist Talk: Yerma

Director Simon Stone and Anne Bogart (Co-Artistic Director of SITI Company & Professor, Columbia University) discuss adapting Federico García Lorca’s 1934 play for contemporary audiences.

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Support

Yerma is supported in part by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

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