We’re excited to announce the full cast for Here in America by David Edgar.
We’re delighted to announce the full cast for the world premiere of Here in America by David Edgar. This compelling drama, set against the fevered political backdrop of 1950s America, imagines a confrontation between two giants of stage and screen, Arthur Miller and Elia Kazan, both passionately involved with an actress about to become the most famous movie star in the world. We can’t wait to welcome this talented company to the OT next week to start rehearsals.
James Dacre directs Michael Aloni (We Were The Lucky Ones), Jasmine Blackborow (The Gentlemen), Faye Castelow (Leopoldstadt – Wyndham’s Theatre) and Shaun Evans (Endeavour).
David Edgar’s illustrious career includes multi award-winning plays for the RSC and National Theatre.
OT Artistic Director Tom Littler said today: “David Edgar’s remarkable new play tells a fascinating story about collaboration and betrayal in a fevered moment of American history. It asks tough and pertinent questions about the intersection of friendship and politics. We are delighted to welcome this incredible cast and team to the Orange Tree bringing these iconic and ever-fascinating historical figures to life; we can’t wait to see the brilliant Michael Aloni make his UK theatrical debut, to welcome back Faye Castelow, and to see Jasmine Blackborow and Shaun Evans appearing at the OT for the first time.“
Michael Aloni makes his UK stage debut as Art (Arthur Miller).
Theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing, An Enemy of the People (Beer-Sheva Theater); Ingalea (Mirror Theater); The Idiot (Studio of Performing Arts).
Television credits include 8200, We Were the Lucky Ones, The Stronghold, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, Scenes from a Marriage, Shtisel, Our Boys, Malkot, When Heroes Fly, Temporarily Dead, Hashualim and Ha-Shminiya
Film credits include The Stronghold, Love You Charlie, Plan A, Happy Times, Virgins, And Then She Arrived, Antenna, Keep it Cool, A Place in Heaven, Policeman and Infiltration.
Jasmine Blackborow plays Miss Bauer (Marilyn Monroe).
Theatre credits include Super High Resolution (Soho Theatre); The Breach (Hampstead Theatre); A Winning Hazard, After October (Finborough Theatre); Othello, Much Ado About Nothing (Pop-up Globe) and Now This is Not The End (Arcola Theatre).
Television credits include The Librarians, The Gentleman, Marie Antoinette and Shadow and Bone.
Film credits include Moss and Freud, Odyssey, The Art of Love, Daemon Mind, School’s Out Forever and The Protector.
Faye Castelow play Day (Molly Kazan).
Orange Tree credits include Audience/Mountain Hotel and Leaving.
Theatre credits include Leopoldstadt (Wyndham’s Theatre); The Rover, The Witch of Edmonton, The White Devil, The Roaring Girl (RSC); Man and Superman, After the Dance, Time and the Conways (National Theatre); Rattigan’s Nijinsky and The Deep Blue Sea (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Television credits include Clique and Rellik.
Shaun Evans plays Gadg (Elia Kazan).
His theatre credits include Manor (National Theatre); Hello/Goodbye (Hampstead Theatre) and Miss Julie/ Black Comedy (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Television credits include Until I Kill You, Vigil, Endeavour (as Inspector Morse), The Scandalous Lady W, The Last Weekend, Come Rain Come Shine, The Take and Teachers.
Film credits include War Book, Barbarian Princess, Dread, Boy ‘A’, Telstar, Gone, Sparkle, Cashback, The Situation, Being Julia and The Great Ceili War.
Alongside Here in America at the OT, David Edgar’s upcoming plays include The New Real (RSC presented in association with Headlong). His plays also include Albert Speer, Playing with Fire (National Theatre); Testing the Echo (Out of Joint); If Only (Chichester Festival Theatre); Trying it On (Birmingham Rep, RSC, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and UK tour); Black Tulips (Kiln Theatre, US tour); Concerning Faith (Bush Theatre, Westminster Abbey). For the RSC Destiny, Maydays, Pentecost (also Young Vic); Written on the Heart (also Duchess Theatre); The Shape of the Table (also National Theatre) and The Prisoner’s Dilemma. His adaptations include Mary Barnes, Julian Barnes’ Arthur and George (Birmingham Rep); The Jail Diary of Albie Sach, Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby, Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (RSC) and English versions of Brecht’s Galileo (Birmingham Rep); Mother Courage and Her Children (Stratford Festival of Canada) and Ibsen’s The Master Builder (Chichester Festival Theatre). His television credits include The Eagle Has Landed, I Know What I Mean, Buying a Landslide, Citizen Locke and Vote for Them; and for film, Lady Jane.
James Dacre directs. He is an Olivier and UK Theatre Award-winning Director and Creative Producer who recently launched Living Productions and is Guest Festival Director for this year’s Nevill Holt Festival. He was Artistic Director of Royal & Derngate Theatres from 2013-2023 where he produced more than 120 shows, of which 60 toured both nationally and internationally, and 42 transferred to London and were recognised with Olivier, Evening Standard, UK Theatre, WhatsOnStage and The Stage awards. During this time, the venue reached over three and a half million audience members and was twice shortlisted for Regional Theatre of the Year by The Stage (2022 and 2016) and chosen as 2020 Outstanding Theatre of the Year by Michael Billington. Prior to this, James was Associate Director at the New Vic Theatre, Theatre503 and the National Youth Theatre and directed productions for Shakespeare’s Globe, the National Theatre, English Touring Opera, English Touring Theatre, the Royal Exchange Theatre, Theatre Royal Stratford East, The Gate and in the West End and off-Broadway. He is a Board Director of Spirit of 2012, a Trustee for The Theatres Trust and Talawa Theatre Company and a Franco-British Young Leader.
