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
Toni Rembe Theater
Geary Street
San Francisco, CA
USA
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.
Performed Until 23 June 2024 in the Toni Rembe Theater.
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Reviews
★★★★★
‘A mesmerising epic.’
The Times
‘A masterwork. Riveting. A must-see.’
The Telegraph
‘A theatrical epic.’
Evening Standard
‘A genuinely epic production. Behold it with wonder.’
The New York Times
‘A dazzling piece of storytelling.’
Time Out
‘A must-see event. Epic in every conceivable way. You dare not miss it.’
New York Post
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.
The production contains moments and themes that some people may find distressing. This includes the non-graphic depiction of a suicide and mentions of suicide. There is also infrequent mention of death, war and slavery. For further information please contact the Box Office.
Preferred Payment Partner of the National Theatre 
Cast
Ravi Aujla
For the National: The Father and the Assassin and Wicked Yaar!
Rebekah Bruce Parker
For the National Theatre: The Lehman Trilogy on international tour (also on Broadway and in Los Angeles)
John Heffernan
For the National Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing, Saint George and the Dragon, Edward II and She Stoops to Conquer
Aaron Krohn
Aaron Krohn has an MFA from The Old Globe.
Anyssa Neumann
Anyssa Neuman studied at the Manhattan School of Music, University of Oxford, Université de Montréal and King’s College London.
Howard W. Overshown
Howard W. Overshown was a 2018 Ten Chimneys Fellow.
Leighton Pugh
For the National Theatre: The Lehman Trilogy (at Park Avenue Armory and in the West End), The Habit of Art (also tour), Rocket to the Moon and A Woman Killed with Kindness.
Simon Victor
Simon Victor trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Production team
Director
Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes
Sam Mendes founded and ran the Donmar Warehouse in London for ten years.
Set Designer
Es Devlin
Es Devlin
For the National Theatre: Coriolanus, Dear England (also Prince Edward), The Motive and the Cue (also Noël Coward), The Lehman Trilogy (also West End, Broadway and on tour; 2022 Tony Award), The Crucible, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire and Ugly Lies the Bone
Costume Designer
Katrina Lindsay
Katrina Lindsay
Katrina Lindsay is an associate of the National Theatre and a member of the theatre design collective Scene/Change.
Video Designer
Luke Halls
Luke Halls
Luke Halls has been producing video design and animation for over a decade, he specialises in theatre, music and dance.
Lighting Designer
Jon Clark
Jon Clark
For the National Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest, The Motive and the Cue, The Lehman Trilogy (also on Broadway and in the West End), Amadeus, ANNA, Othello and Hamlet
Composer and Sound Designer
Nick Powell
Nick Powell
Nick Powell is half of OSKAR, who have released two albums and produced installations for the V&A and CCA, as well as written live soundtracks for Prada in Milan.
Co-Sound Designer
Dominic Bilkey
Dominic Bilkey
Dominic Bilkey trained in technical theatre at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff.
Music Director
Candida Caldicot
Candida Caldicot
Candida Caldicot trained at Cambridge University.
Movement Director
Polly Bennett
Polly Bennett
Polly Bennett trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and the National Youth Theatre.
West End Director
Zoé Ford Burnett
Zoé Ford Burnett
Zoé Ford Burnett has worked as director and associate director on productions at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Donmar Warehouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, Arcola Theatre, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Barbican, Broadway, West End and Los Angeles.
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