Tennessee Williams wrote “The Night of the Iguana” for Broadway’s vast stages, but Boston Court Pasadena is betting that shrinking the playwright’s tale of moral crisis into a 99-seat space will transform how audiences experience Williams’ most claustrophobic work.
Director Jessica Kubzansky’s production, opening September 11, strips away theatrical grandeur that typically buffers audiences from Williams’ story of a defrocked minister’s breakdown at a seedy Mexican hotel.
In Boston Court’s intimate main stage, there’s nowhere to hide from the spiritual reckoning between Julanne Chidi Hill’s earthy hotel proprietor Maxine, Jully Lee’s repressed spinster Hannah Jelkes, and Dennis Dun’s 97-year-old poet Nonno.
This Pasadena mounting arrives less than a year after a major Off-Broadway revival starring Tim Daly and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
Where that production spotlighted star power, Boston Court’s version promises raw intimacy.
The creative team includes Tesshi Nakagawa (scenic design), Denitsa Bliznakova (costume design), Kaitlin Trimble (lighting design), and John Zalewski (sound design).
An ASL-interpreted performance will take place Friday, September 26.
A special benefit performance on October 17 at 5 p.m. offers VIP tickets at $275 and standard tickets at $125, both including pre-show reception and post-show Q&A.
“The Night of the Iguana” will run September 11 to October 19 at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, with additional Monday performances October 6 and October 13.Boston Court Pasadena, 70 N. Mentor Ave., in Pasadena. For more call (626) 683-6801 or visit https://ci.ovationtix.com/112/production/1213602. Tickets: $125 to $275.
