MISSION

Marvell Repertory Theatre is New York's only professional theatre - and one of only a handful in the entire nation - devoted exclusively to producing new and enduring works in rotating repertory. We are drawn to plays and musicals of integrity, power, and beauty.

We thrill to see actors and audiences stretch their creative muscles as they grapple with great works in vibrant counterpoint.

As New York's flagship repertory company, we strive to embody an international standard of excellence by creating first-rate professional theatre experiences that refresh the spirit, stimulate the mind, and quicken the heart.

HISTORY

Lenny Leibowitz and Amy Estes founded Marvell Repertory Theatre in 2010 with the intention of giving New York theatre actors and audiences the kind of full-immersion theatre experience that only rotating rep can provide. While running New Harmony Theatre, they discovered a shared passion for working in rotating repertory, and a shared conviction that New York theatre audiences - the best in the world - shouldn't have to go to Oregon or the Stratford Festival in Canada to regularly see real rep. While they were there, they successfully developed an annual repertory project that allowed them to build the financial, production, rehearsal, and performance models for working in the classic model of rep, all in preparation for launching Marvell Repertory Theatre.

Marvell Rep's first public performance was a workshop production of Before the Rain, an original musical with an all African American cast and a blues and gospel score, at the Producers' Club in May, 2010. This event reflected a primary focus of the mission, the development of new plays and musicals and the advancement of the art form.

Marvell Rep's inaugural season featured four magnificent, underperformed works from the world literature, including Nora,Ingmar Bergman's adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House; In the Shadow of the Glen, the darkly funny one-act by J.M. Synge; Blood Wedding, by Federico Garcia Lorca; and the New York premiere of Joseph C. Landis' translation of The Dybbuk by S. Ansky. These plays were selected - as the plays in each upcoming season will be - to offer extraordinary opportunities for audiences and artists alike to stretch their creative muscles and immerse themselves in the most full-blooded way.

2011 COMPANY

The acting company for the 2011 season featured Tony-nominee Lorraine Serabian; Broadway luminaries Loni Ackerman, Joy Franz, Chris Kipiniak, Jerry Matz, and William Metzo; Off-Broadway and regional theatre veterans Hamish Allan-Headley, Brian J. Carter, Marc Geller, Sean Gormley, Nicolas Greco, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Allison McLemore, Rosalinda Perron, Mike Rosengarten, Barbara Spiegel, and Eileen Ward; and stunning newcomers Rachel Claire, Daniel Owen Dungan, Ava Eisenson, Evgeniya Radilova, and Perri Yaniv.

The design team included Tijana Bjelajac (scenery), Susan Nester (costumes), Nicholas Houfek (lighting), and Daniel Dungan (sound).