CLASSIC

NATHAN THE WISE

Approximate Runtime: Two hours and 56 minutes including one 20 minute intermission

Studio Theatre

May 25 – October 19

Opens June 15

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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

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
In a version by Edward Kemp
Director Birgit Schreyer Duarte

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.

VIDEOS & PHOTOS

Diane Flacks (centre) as Nathan with members of the company in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Diane Flacks (centre) as Nathan with members of the company in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

From left: Danny Ghantous as Saladin, Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar, Oksana Sirju as Rachel and Miranda Calderon as Sittah in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

From left: Danny Ghantous as Saladin, Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar, Oksana Sirju as Rachel and Miranda Calderon as Sittah in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Jakob Ehman (left) as A Knight Templar and Danny Ghantous as Saladin in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Jakob Ehman (left) as A Knight Templar and Danny Ghantous as Saladin in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Harry Nelken as Patriarch of Jerusalem in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Harry Nelken as Patriarch of Jerusalem in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Diane Flacks (left) as Nathan with Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Diane Flacks (left) as Nathan with Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Oksana Sirju (centre) as Rachel with Sarah Orenstein as Daya in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Oksana Sirju (centre) as Rachel with Sarah Orenstein as Daya in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Diane Flacks (left) as Nathan and Sarah Orenstein as Daya with Shelly Antony (background) as Al-Hafi in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Diane Flacks (left) as Nathan and Sarah Orenstein as Daya with Shelly Antony (background) as Al-Hafi in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Danny Ghantous as Saladin and Miranda Calderon as Sittah in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Danny Ghantous as Saladin and Miranda Calderon as Sittah in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar and Sarah Orenstein as Daya in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Jakob Ehman as A Knight Templar and Sarah Orenstein as Daya in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Diane Flacks (left) as Nathan and Shelly Antony as Al-Hafi in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

Diane Flacks (left) as Nathan and Shelly Antony as Al-Hafi in Nathan the Wise. Photography by David Hou.

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