Babette's Feast

Theatre

Name:	Theater at St. Clement's Church
Address:	423 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036

Production Information

First performance date:	March 14, 2018
Opening date:	March 25, 2018
Closing date:	May 13, 2018
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

This new theatrical adaptation of Babette’s Feast premiered in January at Portland Stage Company in Portland, Maine to rave reviews and standing ovations. Conceived and developed by Abigail Killeen and written by Rose Courtney based on the beloved Dinesen short story, the play is an adaptation of the story of Babette, a French refugee, who finds asylum in a pious Norwegian village. With boundless generosity, she throws a lavish feast that becomes an agent of transformative grace. Babette’s Feast is a bundle of exciting contradictions: stark and lush, stunning and austere, mysterious and comic. Further, it is timely with a twist: Babette's Feast highlights the plight of a refugee seeking asylum, who through her munificence creates a lavish feast that becomes an abundant experience of forgiveness and connection, healing the fractured community. Babette’s Feast shows how embracing the stranger changes a community for the better – an important message for today.

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Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Julia Beardsley O'Brien/Spikenard & Marigold	Producer
	Mark Rodgers & Caroline Lucas/More Partnerships	Producer
	Demi & Dave Kiersznowski/Common Good	Associate Producer
	Jennifer Carolyn King & Timothy Fredel/Rugged Elegance Foundation	Associate Producer
	Scott & Kerry Hasenbalg/Redemptive Ventures	Associate Producer
	The Cook Trust	Associate Producer
	The Gardner Family	Associate Producer

	Rose Courtney	Playwright
	Isak Dinesen	Original Author
	Abigail Killeen	Conceiver
	Gina Leishman	Original Music

	Karin Coonrod	Director

	Aretha Aoki	Dance Consultant

	Christopher Akerlind	Set Designer
	Oana Botez	Costume Designer
	Christopher Akerlind	Lighting Designer
	Kate Marvin	Sound Designer
	Christopher Thompson	Assistant Set Designer
	Eric Mitchell	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Caitlin Smith Rapoport	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Matthew Fischer	Assistant Sound Designer

	Edmund Gaynes	General Manager
	Jessimeg Productions	General Manager
	David Gersten & Associates	Press Representative

	Krista Swan	Production Stage Manager
	Sean Casey Flanagan	Assistant Stage Manager

	Drew Francis	Production Manager

Cast

	Actor	Role
	Michelle Hurst	Babette
	Juliana Francis Kelly	Philippa
	Abigail Killeen	Martine
	Jo Mei	Player 2
	Elliot Nye	Player 5
	Steven Skybell	Player 3
	Sorab Wadia	Player 6
	Sturgis Warner	Player 1
	Jeorge Bennett Watson	Player 4

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2018 Off Broadway Alliance Award, Best Unique Theatrical Experience	Julia Beardsley O'Brien/Spikenard & Marigold	Producer
			Mark Rodgers & Caroline Lucas/More Partnerships	Producer
			Rose Courtney	Playwright