by Gotthold Ephraim LessingIn a version by Edward KempDirector Birgit Schreyer Duarte
WITH FAITH IN HUMANITY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
In twelfth-century Jerusalem, a wealthy Jew whose daughter loves a Christian faces a dangerous question from the Muslim sultan: which is the one true faith? Nathan responds wisely and well – but subsequent surprising discoveries offer an even more persuasive answer to religious divides.
As moving as it is gently humorous, this rarely seen masterpiece of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment celebrates the common humanity that unites us all.
House Program: Nathan the Wise
Production support is generously provided by Esther Sarick
Support for the 2019 season of the Studio Theatre is generously provided by Sandra & Jim Pitblado.
2019 publicity photography by David Cooper.
2019: Surveyor, Griffith, Dr. Butts in Henry VIII, Al-Hafi in Nathan the Wise and Orderly in Birds of a Kind. Stratford debut. Elsewhere: Tariq in A Thousand Splendid Suns (The Grand Theatre); Mubeen in Acha Bacha (Theatre Passe Muraille); Cassio in Othello (Driftwood Theatre); Iyar in Little Pretty and the Exceptional (Factory Theatre); Amir in Disgraced (Magnus Theatre); Craig/Craven in Scarberia (YPT); Henry Clerval in Frankenstein Live! (Arts Engine); Damon in Perceptions of Love in the Pursuit of Happiness (Toronto Fringe). Film/TV: Ronnie in JETT (HBO/Cinemax); Nick in Reach (Valence Films); Aathi in A Gun & A Ring (EyeCatch Multimedia). Training: MFA - The New School for Drama; Birmingham Conservatory. Awards: Dora nomination for Best Individual Performance for Scarberia. Et cetera: Thank you to my family and friends.
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