EXILES
by James Joyce
with
Rodd Cyrus, Layla Khoshnoudi, Jeffrey Omura, Violeta Picayo, and Mattie Tindall
scenic design: Cate McCrea
costume design: Alyssa Korol
lighting design: Amara Peyton McNeil
production stage manager: Rebecca Hanai Malamud
producer: Spencer Lutvak
press: John Wyszniewski / Everyman Agency
Exiles is Joyce's only play, rarely performed — a sexy and tense romp in which a group of friends and couples try to work out how to ethically have affairs with each other. Is it possible to have an affair with your own husband? Can you have love without possession?
PRESS:
“They move about the stage in a slow dance of seduction. With their subtle glances and tender touches, they are ready to play. Even their loose-fitting clothes slip seductively as they dance. Hot hot hot! ” — Theater Pizzazz
“On a very small, sparse stage in the heart of Hell’s Kitchen is presented a treasure for all who consider themselves Joyceans […] What is revealed here is just how thrillingly sexy nuance can be, and how the simple gesture of kissing the hand of a beloved can be charged with possibility and promise.” — Times Square Chronicles
“This scintillating revival is presented by the New York City-based Off-Broadway troupe The MAP Theater. It joyously reveals that Exiles is a viable and important work of dramatic literature, and not merely a seldom performed literary curio […] Mr. Elkind’s auteurist direction is a glorious exhibition of ingenious stagecraft. Exiles is performed runway style, with the audience seated on opposite sides of the long rectangular playing area, enabling intimate exchanges between the fearless ensemble to resonate even further. Elkind’s use of contemporary music and bold presentational flourishes achieve a modern dimension without compromising the specificity of the play’s time period.” — Theater Scene
Performance space for this production was subsidized by the A.R.T./New York Theatres Rental Subsidy Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York).
