Directed by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman, Harry Clarke is a wickedly funny and seductive one-man thriller.
Billy Crudup (Coast of Utopia, No Man's Land, The Morning Show, Almost Famous) returns to Berkeley Rep in a tour-de-force solo performance helmed by Obie Award-winning director Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Violet, Soft Power, In the Wake). This wickedly funny thriller by Obie Award-winning writer David Cale features the exploits of Philip, an awkward Midwestern man leading an outrageous double life as the cocky Londoner Harry Clarke. He moves to New York City and, posing as the seductive Harry, charms his way into a wealthy family. Soon his impetuous and dangerous behavior threatens to unravel more than his persona. Reprising his acclaimed performance, Crudup--who plays 19 different characters--has "the time of his life in a sly role terrifically suited to his gifts," says The New York Times.
Harry Clarke had its world premiere engagement at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre in 2017. For his performance, Crudup garnered an Outer Critics Circle Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award and Obie Award, and was nominated for a Drama League Award.
"In addition to his justifiably lauded performances in film and television, in projects from Almost Famous to Spotlight to The Morning Show, Billy Crudup is one of the greatest stage actors of his generation," said Pfaelzer. "I have been lucky enough to watch his work over the last 30 years, and he just gets better and better. His performance as Harry Clarke is definitive, filled with charm and wit and skill. What Billy, Leigh, and David have made together is a true theatrical delight, and I can't wait to welcome them back to Berkeley Rep."
"I'm so happy to return to Berkeley Rep with Harry Clarke," said Crudup. "I absolutely loved working on No Man's Land in 2013, and I'm so grateful to Johanna Pfaelzer, Leigh Silverman, and David Cale for dreaming up this night of theatre. I hope the audiences will enjoy our evening of film noir theatre!"
Adds Silverman: "Having directed this play twice in New York, I feel such anticipatory excitement for Berkeley Rep audiences to lose their minds for the wildly entertaining Harry Clarke and the deep pleasures of being in the presence of one of our greatest American actors, the amazing Billy Crudup."
Image credit: Photo by Carol Rosegg
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Billy Crudup (Coast of Utopia, No Man's Land, The Morning Show, Almost Famous) returns to Berkeley Rep in a tour-de-force solo performance helmed by Obie Award-winning director Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Violet, Soft Power, In the Wake). This wickedly funny thriller by Obie Award-winning writer David Cale features the exploits of Philip, an awkward Midwestern man leading an outrageous double life as the cocky Londoner Harry Clarke. He moves to New York City and, posing as the seductive Harry, charms his way into a wealthy family. Soon his impetuous and dangerous behavior threatens to unravel more than his persona. Reprising his acclaimed performance, Crudup--who plays 19 different characters--has "the time of his life in a sly role terrifically suited to his gifts," says The New York Times.
Harry Clarke had its world premiere engagement at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre in 2017. For his performance, Crudup garnered an Outer Critics Circle Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award and Obie Award, and was nominated for a Drama League Award.
"In addition to his justifiably lauded performances in film and television, in projects from Almost Famous to Spotlight to The Morning Show, Billy Crudup is one of the greatest stage actors of his generation," said Pfaelzer. "I have been lucky enough to watch his work over the last 30 years, and he just gets better and better. His performance as Harry Clarke is definitive, filled with charm and wit and skill. What Billy, Leigh, and David have made together is a true theatrical delight, and I can't wait to welcome them back to Berkeley Rep."
"I'm so happy to return to Berkeley Rep with Harry Clarke," said Crudup. "I absolutely loved working on No Man's Land in 2013, and I'm so grateful to Johanna Pfaelzer, Leigh Silverman, and David Cale for dreaming up this night of theatre. I hope the audiences will enjoy our evening of film noir theatre!"
Adds Silverman: "Having directed this play twice in New York, I feel such anticipatory excitement for Berkeley Rep audiences to lose their minds for the wildly entertaining Harry Clarke and the deep pleasures of being in the presence of one of our greatest American actors, the amazing Billy Crudup."
Image credit: Photo by Carol Rosegg
Directed by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman, Harry Clarke is a wickedly funny and seductive one-man thriller.
Billy Crudup (Coast of Utopia, No Man's Land, The Morning Show, Almost Famous) returns to Berkeley Rep in a tour-de-force solo performance helmed by Obie Award-winning director Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Violet, Soft Power, In the Wake). This wickedly funny thriller by Obie Award-winning writer David Cale features the exploits of Philip, an awkward Midwestern man leading an outrageous double life as the cocky Londoner Harry Clarke. He moves to New York City and, posing as the seductive Harry, charms his way into a wealthy family. Soon his impetuous and dangerous behavior threatens to unravel more than his persona. Reprising his acclaimed performance, Crudup--who plays 19 different characters--has "the time of his life in a sly role terrifically suited to his gifts," says The New York Times.
Harry Clarke had its world premiere engagement at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre in 2017. For his performance, Crudup garnered an Outer Critics Circle Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award and Obie Award, and was nominated for a Drama League Award.
"In addition to his justifiably lauded performances in film and television, in projects from Almost Famous to Spotlight to The Morning Show, Billy Crudup is one of the greatest stage actors of his generation," said Pfaelzer. "I have been lucky enough to watch his work over the last 30 years, and he just gets better and better. His performance as Harry Clarke is definitive, filled with charm and wit and skill. What Billy, Leigh, and David have made together is a true theatrical delight, and I can't wait to welcome them back to Berkeley Rep."
"I'm so happy to return to Berkeley Rep with Harry Clarke," said Crudup. "I absolutely loved working on No Man's Land in 2013, and I'm so grateful to Johanna Pfaelzer, Leigh Silverman, and David Cale for dreaming up this night of theatre. I hope the audiences will enjoy our evening of film noir theatre!"
Adds Silverman: "Having directed this play twice in New York, I feel such anticipatory excitement for Berkeley Rep audiences to lose their minds for the wildly entertaining Harry Clarke and the deep pleasures of being in the presence of one of our greatest American actors, the amazing Billy Crudup."
Image credit: Photo by Carol Rosegg
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Billy Crudup (Coast of Utopia, No Man's Land, The Morning Show, Almost Famous) returns to Berkeley Rep in a tour-de-force solo performance helmed by Obie Award-winning director Leigh Silverman (Suffs, Violet, Soft Power, In the Wake). This wickedly funny thriller by Obie Award-winning writer David Cale features the exploits of Philip, an awkward Midwestern man leading an outrageous double life as the cocky Londoner Harry Clarke. He moves to New York City and, posing as the seductive Harry, charms his way into a wealthy family. Soon his impetuous and dangerous behavior threatens to unravel more than his persona. Reprising his acclaimed performance, Crudup--who plays 19 different characters--has "the time of his life in a sly role terrifically suited to his gifts," says The New York Times.
Harry Clarke had its world premiere engagement at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre in 2017. For his performance, Crudup garnered an Outer Critics Circle Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award and Obie Award, and was nominated for a Drama League Award.
"In addition to his justifiably lauded performances in film and television, in projects from Almost Famous to Spotlight to The Morning Show, Billy Crudup is one of the greatest stage actors of his generation," said Pfaelzer. "I have been lucky enough to watch his work over the last 30 years, and he just gets better and better. His performance as Harry Clarke is definitive, filled with charm and wit and skill. What Billy, Leigh, and David have made together is a true theatrical delight, and I can't wait to welcome them back to Berkeley Rep."
"I'm so happy to return to Berkeley Rep with Harry Clarke," said Crudup. "I absolutely loved working on No Man's Land in 2013, and I'm so grateful to Johanna Pfaelzer, Leigh Silverman, and David Cale for dreaming up this night of theatre. I hope the audiences will enjoy our evening of film noir theatre!"
Adds Silverman: "Having directed this play twice in New York, I feel such anticipatory excitement for Berkeley Rep audiences to lose their minds for the wildly entertaining Harry Clarke and the deep pleasures of being in the presence of one of our greatest American actors, the amazing Billy Crudup."
Image credit: Photo by Carol Rosegg
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