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The Lehman Trilogy

by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power
a co-production with Neal Street Productions
in association with Trafalgar Entertainment

Booking and details

25 May — 23 June 2024
Book tickets on the ACT website
The event location is

Toni Rembe Theater

Geary Street
San Francisco, CA
USA

The event duration is 3 hours and 20 mins, including two intervals

Please note: Latecomers cannot be admitted until the first interval and there is no re-admittance.

The Tony Award®-winning Best Play comes to the American Conservatory Theater’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.

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.

Written by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power and directed by Academy Award®, Tony Award® and Golden Globe winner Sam Mendes (The Ferryman), with Tony Award®-winning set design by Es Devlin (The Crucible).

On a cold September morning in 1844, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York Dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is joined by his two brothers, and an American epic begins.

163 years later, the firm they establish – Lehman Brothers – spectacularly collapses into bankruptcy, triggering the largest financial crisis in history.

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Suitability

This production features flashing lights and some video effects that may cause dizziness. There will be instances of total darkness (lasting 15 seconds) and gunshot sound effects.

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Cast

Full casting to be announced

Production team

Director

Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes

Set Designer

Es Devlin

Es Devlin

Costume Designer

Katrina Lindsay

Katrina Lindsay

Video Designer

Luke Halls

Luke Halls

Lighting Designer

Jon Clark

Jon Clark

Composer and Sound Designer

Nick Powell

Nick Powell

Co-Sound Designer

Dominic Bilkey

Dominic Bilkey

Music Director

Candida Caldicot

Candida Caldicot

Movement Director

Polly Bennett

Polly Bennett

West End Director

Zoé Ford Burnett

Zoé Ford Burnett

The Last of the Imperious Rich: Lehman Brothers, 1844-2008 by Peter Chapman is a leading reference on the history of the Lehman family.

Image credit: Original tightrope walker photography by Sorted