Lear

May 2009 – First workshopped by Chashama in New York City

October 2009 – Continued to be workshopped in Swing Space by the LLMC in New York

December 2010 – First Premiered by the Soho Repertory Theatre Company

February 2016 – Premiered on west coast in the City Garage Theatre in Santa Monica

October 2017 – Performed at Single Carrot Theatre in Maryland

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY

• Paul Lazar
• April Matthis*
• Okwui Okpokwasili*
• Pete Simpson
• Amelia Workman*

*The script specifies that Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia should be cast specifically as women of color though Young Jean Lee has never formally clarified her intentions behind casting these characters in this way. Cast members have noted how this creates opportunities for representation and puts pressures on directors, casts, and audiences to talk about race without acknowledging the potency behind this decision.