Ulysses Elevator Repair Service SummerScape Commission/World Premiere
Created by Elevator Repair Service Directed by John Collins Co-Direction and Dramaturgy by Scott Shepherd Text: Ulysses by James Joyce
James Joyce’s Ulysses has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. Building on a rich history of staging modernist works—Gatz, The Sound and the Fury, The Select (The Sun Also Rises)—Elevator Repair Service (ERS) takes on this Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature in their Fisher Center debut.
Seven performers sit down for a sober reading but soon find themselves guzzling pints, getting in brawls, and committing debaucheries as they careen on a fast-forward tour through Joyce’s funhouse of styles. With madcap antics and a densely layered sound design, ERS presents an eclectic sampling from Joyce’s life-affirming masterpiece.
Location: LUMA Theater
Ticketing: Tickets start at $45 $5 tickets for Bard students are made possible by the Passloff Pass.