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Lehman Trilogy

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07 Sep '23 to 18 Oct '23

Lehman Trilogy

ITA-ensemble / Guy Cassiers

Shows

Thu 07 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
performance / Inclusief pauze
Fri 08 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
performance / Inclusief pauze
Tue 12 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
performance / Inclusief pauze
Wed 13 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Koninklijke Schouwburg, Den Haag
performance / Inclusief pauze
Tue 19 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
performance / Inclusief pauze
Wed 20 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
performance / Inclusief pauze
Thu 21 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
English surtitles / performance / Inclusief pauze
Fri 22 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
performance / aftertalk / Inclusief pauze
Sat 23 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
performance / Inclusief pauze
Tue 26 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
performance / Inclusief pauze
Wed 27 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
performance / Inclusief pauze
Thu 28 Sep
19:30 - 23:00
Rabozaal
English surtitles / performance / Inclusief pauze
Tue 03 Oct
19:00 - 22:30
Stadsschouwburg Groningen, Groningen
performance / Inclusief pauze
Wed 04 Oct
19:00 - 22:30
Stadsschouwburg Groningen, Groningen
performance / Inclusief pauze
Sun 08 Oct
19:00 - 22:30
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, UTRECHT
performance / Inclusief pauze
Mon 09 Oct
19:30 - 23:00
Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, UTRECHT
performance / Inclusief pauze
Thu 12 Oct
19:30 - 23:00
Parktheater Eindhoven, EINDHOVEN
performance / Inclusief pauze
Fri 13 Oct
19:30 - 23:00
Parktheater Eindhoven, EINDHOVEN
performance / Inclusief pauze
Wed 18 Oct
19:30 - 23:00
Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
performance / Inclusief pauze
Lehman Trilogy
07 Sep '23 to 18 Oct '23
ITA-ensemble / Guy Cassiers

'Lehman Trilogy is a layered and successful epic about unbridled capitalism.' – Trouw ★★★★★

Lehman Trilogy
has caused a furore on the West End and Broadway in recent years. Directed by Guy Cassiers, ITA is presenting this unparalleled 150-year story in the Dutch language for the first time.

Location in ITA and on tour in the Netherlands
Run time 3 hours 30 minutes, incl. intermission
Genre theatre
Language Dutch
Surtitles Thu September 21 & 28

Ticket sales have not yet started at all venues.

Lehman Trilogy


In the middle of the 19th century, three Jewish brothers emigrate from Bavaria to America. In the Deep South they start a small fabric shop and become wealthy in the cotton trade. Their family business develops into a dizzying financial empire that is handed down from generation to generation. In 2008 it is jointly responsible for the financial and banking crisis. This is how Lehman Brothers self-destructs.
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With Lehman Trilogy, the Italian author Stefano Massini not only wrote the story of a family, but also the history of ruthless American capitalism. Slavery and industrialization, war and new technological developments: whatever happens in America and even globally, the Lehmans always know how to make good money out of it. Everything they plan to do – including getting married and having children – is tested in advance against the question: what will it yield? Gradually, the technology and impersonality of the financial system become part of the relationships within the family.

Lehman Trilogy - ITA - Guy Cassiers © Fabian Calis
Lehman Trilogy - ITA - Guy Cassiers © Fabian Calis
Guy Cassiers © Fabian Calis

Guy Cassiers about The Lehman Trilogy

"We follow a family from the moment the first Lehman arrives in New York with only a suitcase, for one hundred and seventy-five years, and at the same time we trace the history of banking. It is a fable about capitalism that shows in great detail how money has always been a guiding factor in how we have continued to develop. So we get not only the story of how the financial world has had an increasing impact on our daily existence, but also a family tragedy. It is about the America of the past, but at the same time also about what America still means to us here in Europe. That's why it's so relevant.'

CAST

Language NP Language no problem Gijs Scholten van Aschat Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Language NP Language no problem Hélène Devos Hélène Devos
Language NP Language no problem Minne Koole Minne Koole
Language NP Language no problem Maria Kraakman Maria Kraakman
Language NP Language no problem Jesse Mensah Jesse Mensah
Language NP Language no problem Chris Nietvelt Chris Nietvelt
Mayer Lehman, Henry Goldman
Teddy Wilkinson, Mr. Newgass, Pauline Sondheim, Herbert Lehman, Lew Glucksman
Babette, Gouverneur, Philip Lehman
Henry Lehman, Tennyson, Solomon Paprinski, Carrie Lauer, Ruth Lamar, Paul Masur
Emanuel Lehman, Teddy Vernon, Gregory, Hubert, Pete Peterson
Dr. Beauchamp, Louis Sondheim, Archibald, Bobbie Lehman

REVIEWS

Trouw

'Lehman Trilogy' is a layered and successful epic about unbridled capitalism.'

Nederlands Dagblad

'Although the play is three hours long, Lehman Trilogy does not feel boring for a moment.'

De Standaard

'Besides the cleverly formulated stage text, the six actors, each playing multiple roles, are another trump card of the show.'

8weekly

'Cassiers grabs his audience by the throat from that first appearance of Nietvelt and doesn't let go for three parts in a performance that rolls on, exciting, witty, cynical - and from time to time pitiful.'

De Tijd

'It is four hours of fascinating drama about the rise and fall of the iconic investment bank.'

Lehman Trilogy - ITA © Fabian Calis

PROGRAM BROCHURE

Read more about the production's direction and scenography in our digital brochure.

TO THE BROCHURE

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Lehman Trilogy - ITA © Fabian Calis
Guy Cassiers
Director
Guy Cassiers

Guy Cassiers (born in Antwerp, 1960) is considered one of Europe’s top theatre-makers. His idiosyncratic theatrical idiom in which he successfully marries visual technology with a passion for literature is highly esteemed within Belgium and throughout the world. He has been artistic director of Toneelhuis from 2006 - 2022.

In season 23|24 his direction of Primeval and Other Times(Olga Tokarczuk) will premiere at ITA and his direction of Lehman Trilogy will be reprised.

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CREDITS


director Guy Cassiers
by Stefano Massini
translation Els van der Pluijm
dramaturgy Erwin Jans
scenography Guy Cassiers, Bram Delafonteyne
costume design Devastator
light design Frank Hardy
sound design Jeroen Kenes
video Bram Delafonteyne

co-producer More Theater Producties
private producer Esther Kwaks, Anna Wouters, Gabriella de Rooij and Hendrik Jan ten Have
supported by Ammodo, Brook Foundation
assistant director Boris Kip
assistant scenography Zaza Dupont
assistant video Frederik Jassogne
assistant dramaturgy Olga van Bochove (intern)
head of technical staff Reyer Meeter
head artistic office Loesje Riethof
casting advice Hans Kemna
production leader Edith den Hamer
production assistant Eva Sol

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scenographical technical producer Ramon Huijbrechts
technical staff Sebastiaan Kruijs (stage manager), Cedric van Daalen, Sander van Elteren, Danne Hekman, Lars Huijgen, Rinse de Jong, Daan Kapteijn, Zinzi Kemper, Nelis Meijer, Pieter Roodbeen, Tim Senden
costume department Farida Bouhbouh, Suzanne Kollen, Leanne Vandenbussche, Wim van Vliet (head)
hair & make-up David Verswijveren
set construction Kloosterboer
photography Fabian Calis
graphic design Serena Kloet
communication Iris Istha
with special thanks to Auteursrechtenbureau TDI Agency Holland Ernst M. van den Berg, Esmée Begemann, Mirjam van Dam, Hiske Krammer, Levtec, Johan Reyniers, Anna Sijbrands, Lena Vercauteren, Bart Wallet

The stage rights of the play LEHMAN TRILOGY/LEHMAN BROTHERS by Stefano Massini are represented by Zachar International, Milano, in collaboration with TDI-Agency Holland, Amsterdam

This performance is supported by

Amodo
Brook foundation

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