The Public Presents: The Apple Family: Conversations on Zoom (4/29)
Featuring the return of the original Apple Family, performing from their homes including, Jon DeVries (Benjamin Apple), Stephen Kunken (Tim Andrews), Sally Murphy (Jane Apple Halls), Maryann Plunkett (Barbara Apple), Laila Robins (Marian Apple Platt), and Jay O. Sanders (Richard Apple).
For the past 10 years, The Public has been presenting Richard Nelson’s minimalist epic, The Rhinebeck Panorama, which includes The Apple Family Plays, The Gabriels, and The Michaels. Now, in the midst of our unsettled world, The Apple Family, last seen in 2014, return, though not over the dinner table, but via Zoom. This hour-long play picks up with them during their now suspended and quarantined lives. They talk about grocery shopping, friends lost, new ventures on a hoped-for horizon—all at a time when human conversation (and theater) may be more needed than ever before.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
ACCESS THE PLAY FOR FREE:
World Premiere to Benefit The Public Theater
Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30PM EST
The Public Theater YouTube Channel
REVISIT THE APPLE FAMILY AND THE GABRIELS
In advance of the live premiere, Richard Nelson’s four original THE APPLE FAMILY PLAYS and THE GABRIELS trilogy are now available to stream for free to the New York Metro area on THIRTEEN’s Theater Close-Up website. Available now through May 5.
Special thanks to Broadway HD for their production of The Gabriels.