“The Push and Pull…Has Genuine Danger”
Miss Julie is officially open! Strindberg’s masterpiece has been produced around the world every year since its premiere in the late 1800s, and this production, directed by Associate Artistic Director Gabrielle Randle-Bent, is a thrilling addition to a long and storied legacy.
Read what reviewers are saying below, and don’t miss your chance to experience this combustion of seduction, strategy, and status.
“From the moment the audience enters the theatre, Associate Artistic Director Gabrielle Randle-Bent’s production of a script, translated by Harry G. Carlson, grabs the theatergoer by the throat and never lets go…Gabrielle Randle-Bent has a dream cast, with whom she tells Strindberg’s story of arrogance and aspiration…Court Theatre is known for its superior productions of the classics. Gabrielle Randle-Bent has added Miss Julie to an ever-growing roster of fine presentations.”
“Harry G. Carlson’s translation of Miss Julie does more than hold up at Court Theatre. You’ll be entertained, but that is hardly the point. The actors and creative team make this undertaking look effortless, doing all the requisite work to ensure that the 130-year-old play lands squarely in your lap, offering you a chance to think critically about the themes that are as relevant today as they were at the end of the 19th century.”
“Watching these actors at work is the main pleasure of Miss Julie…There are beautiful, impressive staging aesthetics, as to be expected at Court Theatre”
“Mi Kang’s Miss Julie is volatile and wounded, her aristocratic arrogance masking a desperate hunger for annihilation. She plays Julie not as a naïve romantic but as a woman testing the edges of her own destruction. Kelvin Roston Jr.’s Jean is taut with ambition. His Jean calculates even while seducing; every flirtation carries the weight of social ascent. The push and pull between Kang and Roston Jr. has genuine danger, their exchanges tightening like wire…the production lingers. Like the final discordant notes of its score, it vibrates with unease long after the cage goes dark.”
“Opening night was Valentine’s Day, because nothing says romance so much as a twisted, psychosexual drama about a doomed kitchen assignation between a hyped-up Swedish noblewoman and her scheming manservant.”
— Chicago Tribune, Chris Jones
“The talented actors Mi Kang as Julie, Kelvin Roston Jr. as Jean, and Rebecca Spence as Kristine give exceptional performances”
— Let’s Play Theatrical Reviews
“The performances by Mi Kang, Kelvin Roston Jr., and Rebecca Spence grounded the production, bringing these complex characters to life”
“Top notch performances of all three actors”
“Visually impressive and the cast offers strong performances”