New York Theatre Workshop

	Based on the novel "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway Created by: Elevator Repair Service Directed by: John Collins

Producer	Ariana Smart Truman	CAST	(in alphabetical order)
Production Stage Manager & Assistant Director	Sarah Hughes	Frank Boyd	Harvey Stone, Harris, waiters, others
Set and Costumes	David Zinn	Mike Iveson	Jake Barnes
Lights	Mark Barton	Vin Knight	Count Mippipopoulos, Braddocks, Montoya, others
Sound	Matt Tierney and Ben Williams	Kate Scelsa	Frances, others
Production Manager	B.D. White	Kaneza Schaal	Georgette, the concierge, the drummer, Belmonte, others
Additional Costumes	Colleen Werthmann	Pete Simpson	Mike Campbell, waiters, others
Assistant Lighting Designer	Dans Maree Sheehan	Susie Sokol	Pedro Romero, others
Dance & Movement Coach	Katherine Profeta	Lucy Taylor	Brett Ashley
Sound Engineer	Jason Sebastian	Matt Tierney	Robert Cohn
Company Manager	Lindsay Hockaday	Ben Williams	Bill Gorton, Zizi, waiters, others

		An Interview With John Collins: Transcript Video: Part One Video: Part Two Video: Part Three Video: Part Four
			NYTW has collaborated with Revolution Books to bring you these suggested readings to accompany THE SELECT

		The Select (The Sun Also Rises) Website: http://elevator.org/shows/show.php?show=tsar
		The Select (The Sun Also Rises) Video Trailer: http://vimeo.com/20540312

			THE SELECT Study Guide for Students and Teachers CLICK HERE to view
SHOW DESCRIPTION Elevator Repair Service completes its staging of a trilogy of classic American works with The Select ( The Sun Also Rises), a staging of Ernest Hemingway's novel. A stage littered with liquor bottles and cafe chairs transforms seamlessly from Paris cafes to Pamplona streets. After their highly acclaimed adaptations of The Great Gatsby and The Sound and the Fury, ERS turns its sights on Hemingway's alcohol-soaked expatriates in this world premiere that features the ensemble's trademark sound design and highly energized choreography. Hemingway's dry wit, a doomed romance and even live bullfighting (as re-imagined by ERS) make this a compelling conclusion to ERS' exploration of modernist American literature of the 1920's. DIRECTOR'S NOTE BY JOHN COLLINS In 2006, ERS premiered Gatz. It was our first experiment with staging a novel and it began what was to become a trilogy of pieces. We followed up with a staging of the first section of William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury and now complete this trilogy with The Select. The ways in which this kind of literary prose is un-suitable for the live stage is precisely what attracted us to the material and our tactics for addressing this compelling problem came from months of prolonged exposure and experimentation. Reading aloud to each other over and over, testing different physical configurations and theatrical styles, we devised a new approach for each book. For The Select, we found ourselves paring and editing and focusing our work on Hemingway's taut and witty dialogue. Whereas we treated the entire text of Gatsby as a play, speaking every word as dialogue, in The Sun Also Rises we have uncovered a play inside the novel.

Elevator Repair Service is a New York City-based ensemble that creates original theater pieces. ERS was founded by director John Collins in 1991 and has since created an extensive body of work that includes full-length productions and short dramatic pieces. These have been seen all over the world and have garnered awards and accolades in Europe, Australia and the United States. The company builds its work from a variety of sources that include found text, video, film, literature and ensemble-generated choreography. Finished productions clash hi-tech and low-tech design and mix disparate texts and forms to create live performances that are propelled by narrative, humor, pathos and controlled chaos. Since its inception in the early 1990s, ERS has cultivated a large following in New York, around the U.S. and abroad. Its award-winning shows have influenced a generation of theater-makers. ERS is a Company-in-Residence at New York Theatre Workshop.

Performance schedule: Tuesday - Friday, 7:00pm Saturday, 1pm, 7pm Sunday, 1 pm, 7pm Running time: Three hours and fifteen minutes with one intermission	Special performances: Open Caption on October 2		First Preview August 19. 2011 Opening Night September 11, 2011 Final Performance October 23,.2011

Student Matinee: Wednesday September 28 4th Street Bar Association Night: Tuesday, August 30 Repeat Defender's Night: Tuesday September 20 Find more about becoming a member of NYTW's Repeat Defenders. Email: Norma Scheck at normas@nytw.org Find more about becoming a member of NYTW's 4th Street Bar Association. Email: 4sba@nytw.org		AfterWords (post-performance audience discussion): Wednesday, August 31 after the 7pm performance With director John Collins and the design team, moderated by Julian Mesri Download recording Tuesday, September 6 after the 7pm performance With director John Collins and the company, moderated by Rachel Chavkin Download recording Tuesday, September 20 after the 7pm performance With director John Collins and the company. moderated by Jackie Sibblies Drury