업스테이트 뉴욕 오씽의 베다니아트커뮤니티 액시알시어터에서 11월 10일부터 20일까지 한인 배우 남유림씨가 출연하는 연극 '네버 더 시너(Never the Sinner)'가 공연된다. 존 로건(John Logan)이 쓴 연극은 1924년 시카고대 재학 남학생 2인(Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb, 18)이 한 소년(14)을 잔혹하게 살해한 사건을 다룬 작품이다.

 

천재적인 두 게이 남학생이 니체의 초인론에 빠져 일으킨 이 엽기적인 살인사건은 당시 대중을 경악시켰다. 이 사건(레오폴드-로엡)의 검사 로버트 크로우와 변호사 클래런스 대로우(Clarence Darrow)의 법정 대결이 하이라이트다. 제목은 이들의 정신건강상태를 증거물로 제출하며 교수형을 반대한 변호사 대로우의 명언 "죄는 미워하되, 죄인은 미워하지 말라(Hate the sin, never the sinner)"에서 따왔다. 

 

캐스트 중 유일한 아시아계 배우인 남유림(Youlim Nam)씨는 로엡의 여자친구, 정신과 의사, 기자로 출연한다. 남유림씨는 동덕여대 방송연예과 졸업 후 연극배우로 활동하다가 2015년 연기를 공부하러 뉴욕에 왔다. '네버 더 시너'는 에미상 3회 수상 배우 출신 감독 캐디 맥클레인(Cady McClain)이 연출을 맡으며, 검사 크로우 역엔 트렌트 도슨(Trent Dawson), 변호사 대로우 역엔 알비 곤(Albi Gorn)이 출연한다. 

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Three-time Emmy Award-Winning Actress Cady McClain Directs “Never the Sinner” by John Logan Starring Trent Dawson as “Robert Crowe” and Albi Gorn as “Clarence Darrow” Presented by Axial Theatre at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining (N.Y.)

 

November 10 - 13 & November 17 - 20, 2022

Showtimes 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday / 3 p.m. Sunday

Bethany Arts Community: 40 Somerstown Rd. Ossining, NY 10562

Ticket: $10 students, $25 general seating, available at axialtheatre.org

 

 

T: Trent Dawson and Albi Gorn/ B: Najah Imani Muhammad, Tom Ryan, Bruce Apar, Michael Alva, Youlim Nam

 

Westchester, New York - Axial Theatre, under Artistic Director Cady McClain, is proud to announce the fall production of Never the Sinner by John Logan, featuring Broadway actor Trent Dawson, Tuesdays With Morrie star Albi Gorn, Michael Howard Conservatory Members Tom Ryan and Michael Alva, and Axial Theater Members Bruce Apar, Youlim Nam and special guest Najah Imani Muhammad. McClain will be directing and producing alongside Axial Board Members Steven Williford (Emmy© Winning Director), Amanda Quinn Olivar (Editor-in-Chief, Curator.Guide), and Axial Ensemble member Dan Walworth.

 

The play will be produced at Bethany Arts Community in Ossining (N.Y.), Nov. 10 - 13 and Nov. 17 - 20, 2022. Thursday through Saturday shows are 8 p.m. Sunday performances are 3 p.m. A post-show discussion of the topics of the play will follow each performance, led by director McClain, members of the ensemble and special guests. 

 

Never the Sinner is based on the true story of two young men, Nathan Leopold (Tom Ryan) and Richard Loeb (Michael Alva), who murder a local boy to prove their superiority and claim the right to having committed “the crime of the century.” The case is argued by two esteemed lawyers, Clarence Darrow (Albi Gorn) and Robert Crowe (Trent Dawson). While Crowe wants to fulfill the outraged nation’s cry for a hanging, Darrow argues for the rights of all human beings to be shown mercy, no matter how shocking the crime.

 

Covid protocols will be in place per CDC and Actors Equity Association (AEA) guidelines that are posted at the time of the production.

https://bethanyarts.org/calendar/never-the-sinner

 

ABOUT TRENT DAWSON (as “Robert Crowe”)

Broadway: The Herbal Bed. Off-Broadway: Maple and Vine (Playwrights Horizons), A Man for All Seasons, The Memorandum (Theatre Row). Regional highlights: School for Scandal (McCarter Theatre), The Homecoming, Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Miser, Misalliance (Baltimore Center Stage), The Pain and the Itch (Zephyr), Beyond Therapy (Westport Country Playhouse), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (ICT), Pal Joey (Prince Music Theatre), and nearly 20 productions of Shakespeare across the country. Theatre.

 

Film/TV: Men in Black III, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Good Wife, Homeland, NCIS, Castle, NCIS:LA, General Hospital, As the World Turns (Three Emmy nominations). Writer/Director/ Producer of short films The Six, Everywhere, and Fume of Sighs. Director: Oleanna (KCS), Decade by Decade, Perspective, Love Me, Love My Work, Deanna and Paul, Macbeth (Gallery Players, Brooklyn). Founding Artistic Director of Katonah Classic Stage. katonahclassicstage.com

 

ABOUT ALBI GORN (as “Clarence Darrow”)

Albi Gorn has been acting for fifty years. He last acted with Axial as Dr. Rank in A Doll’s House. A former Ensemble member, he also has had several of his plays produced at Axial, including the Westchester premiere of Back to the Garden. Among the plays he has acted in: Tuesdays With Morrie, A Man For All Seasons, Talk Radio, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The H.M.S. Pinafore, Oleanna, Speed-the-Plow, Dry Powder, The Cooking Lesson (written by his wife, Robin Anne Joseph) and his favorite role, that of Herman in his own one-act, It’s About Forgiveness. He and Robin run GoJo Clan Productions, a nomadic theater company in Westchester (gojoclanproductions.com). You can read his plays and listen to his songs at albigorn.com.

 

ABOUT CADY MCCLAIN (Director/Producer)

Cady McClain is proud to be Axial Theatre’s new Artistic Director. In 2021 she was recognized by Deadline for being a history-making three-time Emmy© winner, acting as three unique characters on three different daytime shows. Cady studied theater directing with legendary artistic director of Ensemble Studio Theater, Curt Dempster, and studied acting for eight years with Michael Howard. Her theatrical directorial debut was with Axial Theatre in Paint Made Flesh by Axial Founder Howard Meyer, shown at The Cell in NYC. Her film documentary on female directors, Seeing is Believing:Women Direct, won multiple awards, including the Audience Award at the SOHO Film Festival and a Jury Prize at the Newport Beach Film Festival. It was released on regional PBS stations nationwide and the educational platform Kanopy. She currently plays “Jennifer” on Days of Our Lives. cadymcclain.com

 

ABOUT AXIAL THEATRE

Axial Theater is a 23-year-old not-for-profit institution founded by Howard Meyer. It is dedicated to supporting the professional development of the independent voice through audience involvement and is commited to presenting challenging and relevant theatrical experiences. The company and its productions have been reviewed in The New York Times and are supported by the William T Morris Foundation and ArtsWestchester among others. https://www.axialtheatre.org