NEW YORK: Bloody Mary by Dmitry Krymov
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GESHER THEATRE (Israel)
"BLOODY MARY"
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DMITRY KRYMOV
Based on Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart
Starring:
First Grandmother / Queen Elizabeth: Israel (Sasha) Demidov
Second Grandmother / Mary Stuart: Evgenia Dodina
Nurse: Polina Pakhomova
Cyclist / Assistant Director: Nikita Goldman
Man Pierced by a Rapier: Nikita Oleinikov
Granddaughter of the First Grandmother: Ruth Senderovich
Grandson of the Second Grandmother: Itay Tarkhanov
Diver / Prompter: Boris Repetur
Creative Team
Set and Costume Design: Kate Erdeni
Dramaturgy: Katya Sassonsky
Music Editing and Sound: Michael Vaisburd
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
Assistant Director: Katherine Vizitey
In an emergency room, people from different worlds and eras converge. Among them are two actresses preparing to perform Mary Stuart. Gradually, their conversations begin to merge with the play itself, and the old story of power, jealousy, and execution unfolds here and now. When everything ends in death, life continues—and the cycle begins again.
Dmitry Krymov’s Bloody Mary is neither an adaptation nor an illustration of Schiller’s drama. It is an entirely new theatrical world, constructed from fragments of a bloody historical plot, from our conscious and unconscious memories of it, and from the realities of the present day, in which Mary Stuart becomes the starting point for a profound contemporary conversation.
Its fictional characters—grotesque, almost circus-like figures, people transformed into symbols—gradually acquire flesh and blood before our eyes. Masks crack, clowning turns into confession, and theatrical personas become startlingly human. In this theater, comedy always stands beside tragedy, and play becomes both a way of existing and a means of telling the story of our complicated lives.
Dmitry Krymov is one of the most influential directors of his generation, known for dismantling theatrical conventions and reinventing the language of the stage. His theater operates according to the laws of imagination and play—dangerous, absurd, and deeply human. Here, fantasy exposes reality and reveals its hidden meanings.
★★★★★
“One of the world’s finest theatermakers.”
— The New York Times
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“One of the most original directorial voices of this new century.”
— American Theatre
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“It’s rare, even in the top ranks of the world’s directors, for a single individual to get the credit for forging an entirely new genre.”
— The Guardian
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“Krymov’s style offers either free fall or freedom, an intoxicating sensation for some performers.”
— The New Yorker
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“One of the greatest and most important troupes in the world.”
— The Times Of London
On Gesher Theatre
Performed in Russian with English subtitles.
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes, without intermission.
"BLOODY MARY"
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY DMITRY KRYMOV
Based on Friedrich Schiller’s Mary Stuart
Starring:
First Grandmother / Queen Elizabeth: Israel (Sasha) Demidov
Second Grandmother / Mary Stuart: Evgenia Dodina
Nurse: Polina Pakhomova
Cyclist / Assistant Director: Nikita Goldman
Man Pierced by a Rapier: Nikita Oleinikov
Granddaughter of the First Grandmother: Ruth Senderovich
Grandson of the Second Grandmother: Itay Tarkhanov
Diver / Prompter: Boris Repetur
Creative Team
Set and Costume Design: Kate Erdeni
Dramaturgy: Katya Sassonsky
Music Editing and Sound: Michael Vaisburd
Lighting Design: Gleb Filshtinsky
Assistant Director: Katherine Vizitey
In an emergency room, people from different worlds and eras converge. Among them are two actresses preparing to perform Mary Stuart. Gradually, their conversations begin to merge with the play itself, and the old story of power, jealousy, and execution unfolds here and now. When everything ends in death, life continues—and the cycle begins again.
Dmitry Krymov’s Bloody Mary is neither an adaptation nor an illustration of Schiller’s drama. It is an entirely new theatrical world, constructed from fragments of a bloody historical plot, from our conscious and unconscious memories of it, and from the realities of the present day, in which Mary Stuart becomes the starting point for a profound contemporary conversation.
Its fictional characters—grotesque, almost circus-like figures, people transformed into symbols—gradually acquire flesh and blood before our eyes. Masks crack, clowning turns into confession, and theatrical personas become startlingly human. In this theater, comedy always stands beside tragedy, and play becomes both a way of existing and a means of telling the story of our complicated lives.
Dmitry Krymov is one of the most influential directors of his generation, known for dismantling theatrical conventions and reinventing the language of the stage. His theater operates according to the laws of imagination and play—dangerous, absurd, and deeply human. Here, fantasy exposes reality and reveals its hidden meanings.
★★★★★
“One of the world’s finest theatermakers.”
— The New York Times
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“One of the most original directorial voices of this new century.”
— American Theatre
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“It’s rare, even in the top ranks of the world’s directors, for a single individual to get the credit for forging an entirely new genre.”
— The Guardian
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“Krymov’s style offers either free fall or freedom, an intoxicating sensation for some performers.”
— The New Yorker
On director Dmitry Krymov
★★★★★
“One of the greatest and most important troupes in the world.”
— The Times Of London
On Gesher Theatre
Performed in Russian with English subtitles.
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes, without intermission.
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