The Lehman Trilogy
by Stefano Massini Adapted by Ben PowerSet Designed by Es Devlin
Directed by Sam Mendes
May 25–Jun 23, 2024
TONI REMBE THEATER
The Lehman Trilogy
May 25–Jun 23, 2024
Just added! Additional stool seating opened up for final week
Stool seating is available at the rear of the orchestra on both sides of the house. Each spot has a tall stool available for your use. Seats start at $80 (plus fees).
The National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ The Lehman Trilogy comes to San Francisco and A.C.T., following sold-out seasons in London and a highly lauded run on Broadway, winning 5 Tony Awards® including Best Play.
Directed by Academy Award®, Tony Award®, and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy features a cast of three playing the Lehman brothers, their sons, and grandsons, in an extraordinary feat of story-telling told in three parts on a single evening. Hailed by The New York Times as “a genuinely epic production,” The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family and a company that changed the world.
On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins.163 years later, the firm they establish—Lehman Brothers—spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history.
The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008 by Peter Chapman is a leading reference on the history of the Lehman family.
A.C.T.’s presentation of The Lehman Trilogy is dedicated to the memory of Chair Emerita Nancy Livingston Levin.
Please note: Late Seating Policy
The Lehman Trilogy is a special and intimate experience, in three acts of roughly one hour each, with two 15-minute intermissions. Due to the nature of the performance, latecomers and those who leave their seats during the performance will be reseated to the rear of the Mezzanine until the next intermission, or the end of the performance. There is strictly no reseating in the Orchestra during the performance.
In the event the Mezzanine is full, you may watch the show on the lobby monitor and you will be seated at intermission.
We encourage you to take advantage of concessions pre-ordering to optimize your intermission time, and to arrive early to take advantage of the Happy Half Hour at the bars to ensure you may access your chosen seat easily.
InterACT Events
All titles, schedules, and artists are subject to change. No refunds. Tickets are for personal use and not for resale.
COVID-19 Safety Policy
American Conservatory Theater is happy to welcome you to our home. Our COVID-19 policy is in accordance with guidelines provided by the State of California and City of San Francisco. At this time this means that masking is encouraged but not required. It also means that vaccination checks are no longer required to see a performance. These policies will be updated if city guidelines change.
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Cast
John Heffernan
Henry Lehman
Biography
JOHN HEFFERNAN (Henry Lehman) most recently starred in Nachtland at The Young Vic, directed by Patrick Marber, to rave reviews. This March he will be seen in two major TV shows: a pivotal role in Steven Knight’s new BBC drama This Town, alongside Michelle Dockery and Nicholas Pinnock, as well as a recurring role in the Paramount+ drama A Gentleman In Moscow, which stars Ewan McGregor. He was fantastic as the Duke of Somerset in Justin Chadwick's Becoming Elizabeth, a thrilling period drama for Starz, and he was utterly charming as Cousin Davey in Emily Mortimer's hit adaptation of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit Of Love for BBC / Amazon playing. Other notable screen work includes Jonathan Harker in Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s critically acclaimed new BBC/Netflix hit drama, Dracula; James Graham’s Brexit opposite Benedict Cumberbatch; BBC’s Collateral with Carey Mulligan; and a standout role opposite Claire Foy as Lord Altrincham in the award-winning The Crown. His recent film credits include the brilliant political thriller Official Secrets and Philippa Lowthorpe’s Misbehaviour, both opposite Keira Knightley. Later this year he will be seen in the psychological thriller The Banishing with Jessica Brown Findley, and The Duke with Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent. John’s acclaimed stage performances include Benedick in Simon Godwin’s brilliant production of Much Ado About Nothing at The National Theatre; A Slight Ache, which was part of Jamie Lloyd’s celebrated Pinter at The Pinter Season; the title roles in Edward II (Evening Standard Theatre Award Best Actor nomination); Macbeth; Oppenheimer; She Stoops To Conquer; The Hot House; and Love and Information.
Aaron Krohn
Mayer Lehman
Biography
Broadway: The Lehman Trilogy, The Height of the Storm, Summer, Cabaret, Macbeth, The Farnsworth Invention, The Coast of Utopia, Julius Caesar, Henry IV, and The Invention of Love. Stratford Shakespeare Festival: Lancelot in Spamalot, Lenny in The Homecoming, Twelfth Night, and Henry in Henry V. Sam Mendes’s Bridge Project: As You Like It, The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale, and The Cherry Orchard. Off-Broadway: Coriolanus (Red Bull); Clive (the New Group); The Glass Cage and Echoes of the War (Mint theater); and Philoktetes (La MaMa). Regional: The Ahmanson, La Jolla Playhouse, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Hartford Stage, TUTS, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, and the Alley Theatre. Film and Television: Fosse/Verdon, I Love You But I Lied; Boardwalk Empire; Law & Order: SVU; and Welcome to New York. Teaching Artist for New York’s “Epic Theatre Ensemble” 2001 to present. MFA from The Old Globe Theatre. Check out his band “Notes from Underground” and their EP: “Rock, Pith & Brevity” wherever you listen to music.
Howard W. Overshown
Emanuel Lehman
Biography
Howard W. Overshown (Emanuel Lehman) is thrilled to return to the role of Emanuel having performed at The Ahmanson Theatre with original cast members Simon Russell Beale and Adam Godley in Spring 2022. Mr. Overshown also toured with Sam Mendes’ International Tour of Richard III in 2011/2012. Broadway: A Soldier’s Play (with Blair Underwood) directed by Kenny Leon; Julius Caesar (with Denzel Washington) and Saint Joan (with Condola Rashad) both directed by Daniel Sullivan; A View From The Bridge directed by Ivo Van Hove; Free Man of Color (with Jeffery Wright) directed by George C. Wolfe. Off-Broadway: Beauty on the Vine (with Olivia Wilde); Blue (with Phylicia Rashad); Yellow Man (originated role MTC with Dael Orlandersmith); Passage directed by Saheem Ali; Never The Sinner and Orlando. Other theater includes: The Tempest at Hudson Valley Shakespeare; Much Ado About Nothing, King John, Hamlet and Richard III at The Folger Shakespeare Theatre; The Great White Hope (with Mahershala Ali) and Passion Play at Arena Stage; The Christians, Clybourne Park, A Trip To Bountiful, Radio Golf, Death of a Salesman, Art, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. TV credits include The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Girls5eva, Blue Bloods, The Affair, Law & Order (SVU and Criminal Intent), Madame Secretary, Fosse/Verdon, Bull, Kings, White Collar, Unforgettable, Allegiance. Films: Pride and Glory, Body of Lies, 13, Never Here, Grand Street, Lost Cat Corona. 2018 Ten Chimneys Fellow.
Rebekah Bruce
Principal Pianist
Biography
Rebekah Bruce is a conductor, pianist, and vocal coach based in NYC. Ms. Bruce has most recently been seen conducting and playing at Here We Are, White Girl in Danger, A Strange Loop, Company, The Lehman Trilogy (both NYC and LA productions), and Mean Girls, and has worked behind the scenes on a number of Broadway and off-Broadway productions and concerts. Born and raised in Oklahoma, Ms. Bruce previously served on the music faculty at Oklahoma City University’s Bass School of Music, and as Vocal Director at Celebrity Cruises Entertainment. She can be seen performing and teaching across the country, and maintains a private voice studio in NYC, coaching primarily musical theater and opera.
Ravi Aujla
Janitor
Biography
Ravi Aujla’s work in theater includes What the Butler Saw for Leicester Curve and Theatre Royal Bath; The Tempest at Hippodrome Circus; The Three Lions at the St James, on tour and at The Pleasance, Edinburgh; The Westbridge and Free Outgoing at the Royal Court; As You Like It at the Rose, Kingston; Commercial Road at Hackney Empire; Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest, and Julius Caesar at the RSC and in the West End; Midnight's Children at the RSC, the Barbican, and Harlem Apollo; Unsuitable Girls at Leicester Haymarket and Lyric Hammersmith; Magic Box and Colour of Justice (also National Theatre) at Tricycle; River on Fire at Lyric; A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare Link; Wicked Yaar at the National Theatre; Untouchable for Tamasha and Riverside; and The Mousetrap, The Lehman Trilogy (also Park Avenue Armory), The Kite Runner (also tour) and Indian Ink in the West End. TV includes Slow Horses, House of the Dragon, The Nevers, Get Even, Flowers, HG Wells, Killing Jesus, Casualty, Silent Witness, Doctors, EastEnders, Sadie Jones, Eldorado, Coronation Street, The Bill, Shelley, Peak Practice, Capital City, Family Pride, and Family Affairs. Film includes Kandahar, Sisi and I, What's Love Got to Do With It?, The Eternals, Accident Man, Phantom, Common People, Will, I'll Be There, Jinnah, and London.
Anyssa Neumann
Alternate Pianist
Biography
Anyssa Neumann has worked primarily as a concert pianist and academic. As a solo and collaborative pianist, she has performed internationally at venues and events such as St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James Piccadilly, Holywell Room, Mazzoleni Hall, Uppsala Cathedral, the Helsingborg Classical Music Festival, and the Sacramento Bach Festival. Recent performances include Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with orchestras in California and Sweden; Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the UK, Sweden, and Norway; and recitals in Rome, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and the Pacific Northwest. Anyssa’s duo recital partners have included cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio (Eroica Trio), soprano Rena Harms, bass-baritone Timothy Dickinson, and members of the BBC Singers and Toronto Symphony, and she has additionally toured as guest pianist with the all-female Sheba Ensemble. She has been featured on NPR, Sirius Satellite Radio, Swedish Radio, Estonia National Radio, and David Dubal’s radio program The Piano Matters, which featured her solo CD of works by Bach, Beethoven, Messiaen, and Prokofiev. Anyssa studied at the Manhattan School of Music, University of Oxford, Université de Montréal, and King’s College London, where she earned a PhD in musicology in 2017, focusing on music in the films of Ingmar Bergman. She turned this research into a lecture-recital that she toured in North American and Europe, culminating in a live broadcast from the Arvo Pärt Centre as part of the 2021 Tallinn Film Festival. In 2023, she completed a postdoctoral research position at Uppsala University. Anyssa is thrilled to be joining the company of The Lehman Trilogy for her first foray into theater.
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U/S Cast
Ravi Aujla
U/S Emanuel Lehman
Biography
Ravi Aujla’s work in theater includes What the Butler Saw for Leicester Curve and Theatre Royal Bath; The Tempest at Hippodrome Circus; The Three Lions at the St James, on tour and at The Pleasance, Edinburgh; The Westbridge and Free Outgoing at the Royal Court; As You Like It at the Rose, Kingston; Commercial Road at Hackney Empire; Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest, and Julius Caesar at the RSC and in the West End; Midnight's Children at the RSC, the Barbican, and Harlem Apollo; Unsuitable Girls at Leicester Haymarket and Lyric Hammersmith; Magic Box and Colour of Justice (also National Theatre) at Tricycle; River on Fire at Lyric; A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare Link; Wicked Yaar at the National Theatre; Untouchable for Tamasha and Riverside; and The Mousetrap, The Lehman Trilogy (also Park Avenue Armory), The Kite Runner (also tour) and Indian Ink in the West End. TV includes Slow Horses, House of the Dragon, The Nevers, Get Even, Flowers, HG Wells, Killing Jesus, Casualty, Silent Witness, Doctors, EastEnders, Sadie Jones, Eldorado, Coronation Street, The Bill, Shelley, Peak Practice, Capital City, Family Pride, and Family Affairs. Film includes Kandahar, Sisi and I, What's Love Got to Do With It?, The Eternals, Accident Man, Phantom, Common People, Will, I'll Be There, Jinnah, and London.
Leighton Pugh
U/S Henry Lehman
Biography
Leighton studied German and Italian at The Queen’s College, Oxford before training at LAMDA. His theater work includes: The Lehman Trilogy (National Theatre, The Armory NYC, West End); Operation Epsilon (Southwark Elephant); The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter Theatre); There (Royal Court); Faustus (Etcetera Theatre), Macbeth, True West (English Theatre, Essen); The Habit of Art (National Theatre and Tour); Rocket to the Moon, A Woman Killed with Kindness (National Theatre). TV includes: “Iain” in 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover (Discovery); “Mr Munchmold” in Grandpa in My Pocket (CBeebies), and “The Policeman” in Fingersmith (BBC1). Radio includes: Scenes from Provincial Life, Murder by the Book, and Gawain and the Green Knight for BBC Radio 4 and The Tragical Adventures of Heinrich von Kleist for BBC Radio 3. Leighton’s extensive audiobook readings cover over two hundred books with a huge range of both fiction and nonfiction. Most recently his nonfiction work has included titles by such diverse authors as Peter Frankopan, Yanis Veroufakis, James Holland, Matthew Richardson, John Lewis-Stempel, Serhii Plokhey, and Nietzsche. Fiction includes Ragnar Jonasson’s Dark Iceland crime series, literary classics by Goethe, Hardy, and Zola, and all of Andrew Taylor’s popular Marwood series.
Simon Victor
U/S Mayer Lehman
Biography
Theater credits include: War Horse and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre); Quiz (UK Tour); Party; Glisten (Half Moon Theatre); The Last Tycoon (West End); The Adventure (UK Tour); The Governess (UK Tour); The Seagull (UK Tour). Immersive theatre credits: Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel and Secret Cinema), Doctor Who: Time Fracture (BBC and Immersive Octopus). TV credits include: The Fear (Channel 4). Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
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CREATIVE TEAM
| Es Devlin Scenic Design |
Katrina Lindsay Costume Design |
| Luke Halls Video Design |
Jon Clark Lighting Design |
| Nick Powell Composer and Sound Design |
Dominic Bilkey Co-Sound Design |
| Candida Caldicot Music Director |
Polly Bennett Movement Director |
| Rory McGregor International Tour Director |
Zoé Ford Burnett West End Director |
