In his electrifying new adaptation of August Strindberg s Miss Julie, Neil LaBute, provocateur of the theater as much as Strindberg himself, transports the classic play of power, class and seduction to an estate on Long Island s Gold Coast just before the stock market crash of 1929.
Against a glittering jazz-age backdrop, mistress of the house Julie and ambitious servant John face off in a gripping, night-long encounter. As the balance of power shifts often and dangerously -sometimes with exquisite subtlety, sometimes stark brutality- LaBute masterfully reinterprets Strindberg s timeless erotic struggle between a man and a woman.This thrilling, essential Miss Julie, which had its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in 2013 with Lily Rabe as Julie, Logan Marshall-Green as John, and Laura Heisler as Kristine, superbly embodies both the passionate spirit of the original and the unflinching style of Neil LaBute.