THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE
The Knight of the Burning Pestle by Francis Beaumont
Directed by Noah Brody & Emily Young
Limited Off-Broadway Engagement - 4 Weeks Only!
April 17-May 13, 2023, performances Monday-Sunday
Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street, New York, NY 10014
A joyful celebration of the universal capacity to improvise, this delightful Elizabethan comedy is a rough and rowdy romp. As a group of players gathers to present a play about the elopement of star-crossed lovers, they are abruptly interrupted by a grocer and his wife. They have a different kind of play in mind–an outrageous hero’s quest of derring-do…The Knight of the Burning Pestle. And they know just the fellow to star–their apprentice, Rafe. This new subplot–invented on the fly–takes over the stage in surprising and disruptive ways. Everyone shares in the triumph of love and the singular, anything-can-happen adventure that is live theater.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is presented by Red Bull Theater in association with Fiasco Theater.
VIDEO
THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE | A Sneak Peek
Good Thing Going (Manu Narayan, Ben Steinfeld)
REVIEWS
‘The Knight of the Burning Pestle’ Review: Wielding His Trusty Kitchen Tools (The New York Times)
“And their performances carry with them a swaggering sense of rehearsal room experimentation and delight…It’s an invitation to all of us: To put on our colanders, take up our kitchen implements and give ourselves over to make-believe.” READ MORE
CREATIVE TEAM
Principal Cast: Jessie Austrian, Royer Bockus, Tina Chilip, Paul L. Coffey, Devin E. Haqq, Teresa Avia Lim, Darius Pierce, Ben Steinfeld, Paco Tolson, Tatiana Wechsler
Designers:
Sets - Christopher Swader & Justin Swader
Costumes - Yvonne Miranda
Lights - Reza Behjat
Props - Samantha Shoffner
Production Stage Manager: Chandalae Nyswonger
Directors: Noah Brody and Emily Young
The list above includes the core creative team, but is not comprehensive. We are grateful and lucky to have worked with everyone who made Merrily We Roll Along possible, from the teams backstage and front of house to design associates and interns, and all of you, our community and audience members.