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The Lehman Trilogy
By Stefano MassiniAdapted by Ben Power
The Lehman Trilogy
By Stefano MassiniAdapted by Ben Power
Winner of a Tony Award for Best Play, The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family and a company that changed the world. In 1844, a Bavarian youth stands upon a New York dock, envisioning a fresh start in the unfamiliar land of opportunity. Accompanied by his two brothers, an American saga unfolds. 163 years down the line, the company they founded - Lehman Brothers - dramatically crumbles into bankruptcy, sparking the largest financial crisis in human history.
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Magically captivating and highly theatrical
Cast
Rod Brogan*
Howard Kaye*
Beethovan Oden*
Scott Ehrenpreis
Jim Prosser
Lawrence Evans*
Roy Stanton
FST— Network; My Lord, What A Night; American Son. Broadway—MTC: Mauritius. Off-Broadway—Irish Rep: Beyond The Horizon; Burial At Thebes; Mint: Mary Broome; Irondale: Treasure Island. National Tour—Doubt. Select Regional— Guthrie, Old Globe, Baltimore Center Stage, City Theatre, TheatreWorks, Contemporary American Theater Festival. Film/TV—The Winning Season; Major Dad (series regular); Homeland; Manifest; Unforgettable; Oz; Third Watch; One Life To Live; Law & Order. Video Game: Grand Theft Auto 5. Education—MFA: Old Globe
FST: Tom Jones. Broadway: Miss Saigon. Off-Broadway: Silence of the Lambs: The Musical. Regional: Alabama Shakespeare, Long Wharf, Alliance, Merrimack, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Rep, Olney, Maltz Jupiter, Ogunquit, Westport Country, Signature, Goodspeed, Berkshire Festival, Pioneer, Actors Theater of Louisville, Virgina Stage, Syracuse Stage, Baltimore Center Stage. Favorite credits: Skittles on Broadway, Pip‘s Island and Disney Cruise Line. Recently he earned a Broadwayworld.com nomination for outstanding supporting actor in a play for his performance in the American Premiere of The DaVinci Code. Training: Juilliard.
Beethovan Oden has appeared on regional stages across the US and recently played Professor Plum in a co-production of Clue with Indiana Repertory Theater & Syracuse Stage. Other select theater credits include: The Bluest Eye, Intimate Apparel, A Raisin in the Sun, Our Town, and My Children! My Africa! He has worked with Woodie King Jr.’s New Federal Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, among others. On-screen, featured in the short film Brenda & Billy (and the Pothos Plant), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Scott Ehrenpreis has a B.F.A. in Performance. He is proud to return to FST for a third time in The Lehman Trilogy. His previous appearances were in Smoke and Mirrors and Network. His new one-man show, Clowns Like Me, debuted at the Cook Theatre on the Asolo campus to sold-out audiences in May of 2023. A tour is being planned soon and the show will be presented to college students later in 2024.
This season marks Jim‘s 31st season as FST’s Resident Pianist. He recently appeared in Laughing Matters, The Wanderers, Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas, and Vintage POP!. He has arranged and co-developed over 50 Cabarets at FST including: Take It To The Limit, Up On The Roof, Reel Music, Laughing Matters, The Wanderers, Three Pianos, Light My Fire, Outlaws and Angels, That’s Amoré!, The Wonder Years, Unchained Melodies, and more. He has served as Composer/Music Director for The FST School, writing numerous scores for children’s shows.
This marks his seventh production at FST. Regional: New Stage Theatre, Triad Stage, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Caldwell Theatre Company, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, freeFall Theatre, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Short North Stage. Television: New Amsterdam, FBI Most Wanted, All My Children, As the World Turns, One Life to Live, and Ryan’s Hope. Film: State Property 2, The Devil Wears Prada. Training: Jackson State University and the University of Michigan.
A native Floridian and Northwest Actors Studio Conservatory graduate, Roy has played classic and contemporary roles in commercial and fringe theatres on the West Coast, and has been featured in film, television, web series and video games. His last appearance at FST was in Network as Jensen. Other theatre roles: Ironbound (Tommy), A Christmas Carol (Jacob Marley), Lobby Hero (Bill), Les Liaisons Dangereuse (Valmont), Hellhound on My Trail (Cass). Film/Television: The Last Champion (Sherriff Doug Hamilton), Z Nation (Joe Williams).
Creative
DIRECTOR | Richard Hopkins
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR | Kate Alexander
MUSIC COMPOSER | Jim Prosser
SCENIC DESIGNERS | Isabel & Moriah Curley-Clay
COSTUME DESIGNER | Liz Bourgeois
LIGHTING DESIGNER | Ben Rawson
SOUND DESIGNER | Nicholas Christensen
PROJECTIONS DESIGNER | Thom Korp
DIALECT COACH | Paul Meier
STAGE MANAGER | Roy Johns*
STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERN | Passion Shaffer
* Denotes member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.