MEET THE CAST | RICHARD II

RED BULL THEATER with MICKEY LIDDELL & PETE SHILAIMON in association with DARYL ROTH, TOM D'ANGORA, and WILLETTE & MANNY KLAUSNER present RICHARD II by William Shakespeare.

RON CANADA (Gaunt, Bishop of Carlisle). Red Bull Theater debut. Broadway: Network. Off-Broadway: Pay the Writer, Zooman and the Sign (Signature), In Old Age (NYTW), Headstrong (EST). Regional: Othello

(opposite Patrick Stewart), The Whipping Man (George Street Playhouse), Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting (Old Globe), Fences (Geva). Film: The Discovery, The Empty Man, Wedding Crashers, Adventures in Babysitting, Lone Star, The American President, Ted 2, National Treasure, The Human Stain, The United States of Leland. Television: “The Irrational,” “East New York,” “The Best Man: Final Chapters,” “Jack Ryan,” “Star Trek,” “The West Wing,” “Weeds.”

GRANTHAM COLEMAN (Bolingbroke). Red Bull Theater debut. Broadway: Macbeth, The Great Society. Off-Broadway: Wine in the Wilderness, Much Ado About Nothing, Buzzer, Choir Boy, One Night, We Are Proud to Present…, As You Like It. Regional: The Tempest, Sweat, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet. Film: Rustin, Bardo, Black Bear, Seberg. TV: “Emperor of Ocean Park,” “Bass Reeves,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan,” “Red Bird Lane,” “The Carmichael Show,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “Doubt,” “11.22.63,” “Murder in the First,” “The Night Shift,” “The Americans.” Grantham is a graduate of The Juilliard School.

KATHRYN MEISLE (Duchess of York). Red Bull Theater: Women Beware Women (Calloway Award). Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (also West End), The Elephant Man (West End), Outside Mullingar, A Touch of the Poet, The Constant Wife, Tartuffe (Tony nomination / Calloway Award), London Assurance, The Rehearsal, Racing Demon. Off-Broadway: Romeo and Juliet (CSC), The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Old Money (LCT), Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, As You Like It (Drama Desk nom.), Othello (Delacorte). Regional: Macbeth (ETC); Cymbeline (Yale Rep). Film/TV: “The Chair Company,” “The Closer,” “Bones,”“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Damages,” The Greatest Showman, You’ve Got Mail, Rosewood.

DAVID MATTAR MERTEN (Aumerle). Red Bull Theater debut. Broadway: An Enemy of the People. Off-Broadway: The Beacon (Irish Rep). Other: Not About Nightingales (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Cabaret (Virginia Theatre Festival), The Inheritance (Trinity Rep). Training / education: MFA —Brown University/Trinity Rep., BFA —Ball State University.

LUX PASCAL (Queen). Red Bull Theater and Off-Broadway debut. Film/TV: “Narcos,” “Miss Carbón,” “Love & Chaos.” Juilliard trained

actress MFA.

JAMES SEOL (Green, Gardener 2). Red Bull Theater debut. Broadway: Come From Away (Schoenfeld Theatre), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: Henry VI (National Asian-American Theatre Company), KPOP (Ars Nova/Ma-Yi/ Woodshed Collective, Lucille Lortel Award nomination). Regional theatre: Exotic Deadly: or the MSG Play (Old Globe), The Great Leap (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Joseph Jefferson Award nomination), Vietgone (A.C.T.), Hamlet (Hartford Stage), Timon of Athens (Shakespeare Theatre Company). TV/ film: Problemista (A24), “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max), “Living With Yourself” (Netflix), “Insomnia” (Revry). International: The Great Gatsby (Hong Kong Ballet). Education: Juilliard, University of Virginia.

DANIEL STEWART SHERMAN (Mowbray, Scroop). Red Bull Theater debut. Broadway: Kinky Boots (OBC, Outer Critics Circle nom.), Desire Under the Elms, Cyrano de Bergerac, A Touch of the Poet, Henry IV, The Full Monty. TV/film: “Black Mirror,” “Lodge 49,” “Chicago Fire/Med,” Run All Night, Marshall, “People of Earth,” “Gotham,” “One Dollar,” “Gun Hill,” “Shades of Blue,” “Justified,” “The Good Wife,” “Rubicon,” The Taking of Pelham 123. BFA North Carolina School of the Arts. This performance is for my mother, Judith Ann Sherman. Thank you for showing me the light.

RYAN SPAHN (Bagot, Welsh Captain). Red Bull Theater debut. Off-Broadway: Danger and Opportunity (East Village Basement, Drama Desk Award), The Antiquities (Playwrights Horizons), Jordans (The Public),

Merry Me (NYTW), Good Enemy (Audible), Jane Anger (New Ohio), Summer and Smoke (CSC), Daniel’s Husband (Westside), Moscow x 6 (MCC), Exit Strategy (Primary Stages), Gloria (Vineyard, Pulitzer finalist). TV: “Sub/liminal,” “Zero Day,” “Elsbeth,” “AHS: Delicate,” “Succession,” “Modern Love,” “The Bite,” “Chicago P.D.” Ryan co-wrote the feature He’s Way More Famous Than You and is the playwright of Inspired by True Events (Concord Theatricals). Juilliard grad.

EMILY SWALLOW (Northumberland). Red Bull Theater: The Imaginary Invalid. Broadway: High Fidelity. Off-Broadway/regional: Romantic Poetry (MTC); Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater); Henry IV (with Tom Hanks, Shakespeare Center L.A.); Disgraced (Mark Taper Forum, Ovation Award); The Country House (Geffen, Ovation Award); Nice Fish, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Guthrie); King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew (Old Globe). TV: “The Mandalorian,” “Supernatural,” “The Mentalist,” “Castlevania”, “Secret Level,” “SEAL Team” Film: Forelock (upcoming). Training/education: MFA NYU/Tisch, BA University of Virginia.

MICHAEL URIE (Richard II). Red Bull Theater: The Government Inspector, The Revenger’s Tragedy. Broadway: Oh, Mary!; Once Upon a Mattress (Drama Desk); Spamalot; Chicken & Biscuits; Grand Horizons; Torch Song; and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Off- Broadway: Buyer & Cellar (Lortel; Drama Desk); Homos, Or Everyone in America (Obie); The Temperamentals (Lortel; Drama Desk); Angels in America. TV/film: “Shrinking” (Emmy Award nominee; Critics Choice Award winner), “Single All the Way,” “Ugly Betty,” “Younger,” “Goodrich,” “Partners.” Other: Pride Plays co-founder. Training/education: The Juilliard School.

SARIN MONAE WEST (Bushy, Gardener 1). Red Bull Theater: Medea: Re-Versed (Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Musical), Broadway: The Skin of Our Teeth (Vivian Beaumont, LCT). Other: Merry Wives (Shakespeare in the Park), By the Queen (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), The Scenarios (Studio Theatre). TV: “And Just Like That,” “The Other Two” (HBO); “The Equalizer” (CBS); “Evil” (Paramount). Education: Oklahoma City University: BFA,

NYU Grad Acting: MFA.

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For complete details about Red Bull Theater's production of RICHARD II, visit here. This strictly-limited engagement will run October 28 - November 30, 20245 at Astor Place Theatre, NYC.

When is a king, a king no more?

Ambition and betrayal reign supreme in this electrifying reimagining of Shakespeare’s poetic masterpiece. Set in 1980s Manhattan, the neon skyline and shadowy backrooms become an epic battleground of identity and power, where a king’s divine right crumbles beneath the weight of human frailty. Michael Urie’s virtuosic performance and Craig Baldwin’s inventive adaptation make Richard’s tragic descent freshly immediate, staged a stone’s throw from the site of the historic Astor Place Riots, the original American cocktail of politics, insurrection, and Shakespeare.