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Directed by Academy Award®, Tony Award®, and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes, The Lehman Trilogy features a cast of three playing the Lehman brothers, their sons, and grandsons, in an extraordinary feat of story-telling told in three parts on a single evening. Hailed by The New York Times as “a genuinely epic production,” The Lehman Trilogy is the story of a family and a company that changed the world.
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Lehman Brothers, founded by immigrants, was the fourth largest investment bank in the United States when it filed for bankruptcy in 2008. Its shocking collapse caused worldwide financial mayhem. That spectacular fall from grace makes for great drama. Written by Stefano Massini, it premiered in Britain and was adapted by Ben Power and directed by Sam Mendes for its American production, now at A.C.T. The play, in three parts, begins in 1844.
Jean Schiffman
Contributing Writer, Theater
American Conservatory Theater
Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness.
Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness.