BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Played at @SohoPlace in 2023.
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The world premiere of Brokeback Mountain, a new play with music, written by Ashley Robinson with songs by Dan Gillespie Sells and based on Annie Proulx’s short story, played at @sohoplace. Directed by Jonathan Butterell, Brokeback Mountain starred Mike Faist as Jack and Lucas Hedges as Ennis, both making their West End stage debuts. The production sees Jonathan Butterell and Dan Gillespie Sells (The Feeling), creators of the hit musical and film Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, reuniting with Producer Nica Burns.
Wyoming 1963: a wild landscape where people live in extreme rural poverty in tight, insular and conservative communities. When Ennis and Jack take jobs on the isolated Brokeback Mountain, all their certainties of life change forever as they flounder in unexpected emotional waters of increasing depth. Dan Gillespie Sells’ beautiful Country and Western songs weave heartbreakingly through this intense tale of an irresistible and hidden love spanning twenty years and its tragic consequences.
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PERFORMANCES DATES
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Brokeback Mountain played from May 2023 to August 2023 at the Soho Place.
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CREATIVES
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ANNIE PROULX | Book
ASHLEY ROBINSON | Playwright
DAN GILLESPIE SELLS | Songs
JONATHAN BUTTERELL | Director
TOM PYE | Set & Costume Design
DAVID FINN | Lighting Design
CHRISTOPHER SHUTT | Sound Design
SHAHEEN BAIG | Casting Director
NIMMO ISMAIL | Associate Director
TOMMY ROSS-WILLIAMS | Intimacy Director
KEVIN MCCURDY | Fight Director
PHIL WILDING | Production Manager
ZEB LALLJEE | Costume Supervisor
SAM COX | Wigs Maker/Supervisor
LILY MOLLGARD | Props Supervisor
JO NASTARI | Associate Intimacy Director
MARY IRWIN & BEN FUREY | Vocal/Dialect Coach
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CAST
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MIKE FAIST | Jack
LUCAS HEDGES | Ennis
EDDI READER | Balladeer & Jack's Mother
EMILY FAIRN | Alma
PAUL HICKEY | Older Ennis
MARTIN MARQUEZ | Joe/Bill/Jack's Father
ROB ALEXANDER-ADAMS | Alternate Joe/Bill/Jack's Father/Older Ennis
TOM MAHY | Alternate Jack/Ennis
SOPHIE REID | Lureen/Waitress/
Backing Vocals & Alternate Alma/Balladeer/Jack's Mother
SEAN GREEN | Piano/Musical Director
BJ COLE | Pedal Steel Guitar
MEELIE TRAILL | Upright Bass
GREG MILLER | Harmonica
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