DUKE ARTS 24/25

An Oak Tree: Tim Crouch

Friday, February 7th | 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 8th | 8:00 PM

Start DateFri, Feb 7, 2025 7:30 PM
Start DateSat, Feb 8, 2025 8:00 PM

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$35 Full Price
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General Admission

VENUE

Rubenstein Arts Center
von der Heyden Studio Theater


2020 Campus Drive
Duke Central Campus

Directions to Venue

PROGRAM

“…it spoils you for a while for other plays.” – Caryl Churchill 

When I say sleep, you’re free again.  

See the play that shaped a theatre landscape in this rare revival. When it opened in 2005 Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree  changed the rules of the game, bringing into the centre of its action an actor who has neither seen nor read the play.  

In a performance of controlled virtuosity, the playwright guides that actor through a story of loss, suggestion and the power of the mind.  

Through the life of this Obie Award-winning play Tim has worked with some of the great actors in the world – from Frances McDormand to F Murray Abraham, from Sophie Okonedo to Laurie Anderson, from Geoffrey Rush to Peter Dinklage. No two shows are the same. Each ‘vividly celebrates the live, raw, communal experience of theatre’ (Financial Times). This is an audience experience like no other.



Estimated run time: 60 miniutes, no intermission

CREDITS
Francesca Moody Productions presents AN OAK TREE by Tim Crouch 


Directed 
by Tim Crouch, Karl James and Andy Smith 
Performed by Tim Crouch and a different second actor at each performance 
Music by Pete Gill 
Piano by Simon Crane 
Produced by Francesca Moody Productions 
Executive Producer – Francesca Moody 
Associate Producer – Grace Dickson 
US Representation by Doreen Sayegh for Pemberley Productions