About
Brazil's award-sweeping staging of the play behind Xavier Dolan's film, performed on a ring of open earth, makes its U.S. premiere in three nights.
A grieving man arrives at his dead lover's family farm and gets pulled into a household that won't let him leave, in the play that also became Xavier Dolan's film. Rodrigo Portella's staging, set on a ring of open earth, swept Brazil's top theater prizes and has toured Avignon, Paris and Edinburgh before this three-night U.S. premiere. If you want an intense, festival-caliber thriller, it's here only through Saturday.
What to expect
A roughly two-hour, no-intermission psychological thriller in which a single farmhouse becomes a pressure cooker of desire, threat and silence, staged on a ring of open earth. It is performed in Portuguese with English subtitles and includes sexual content and nudity.
Good to know
- Performed in Portuguese with English subtitles.
- Runs about 2 hours with no intermission.
- Contains sexual content and nudity.
- NYU Skirball is at 566 LaGuardia Place; take the A/B/C/D/E/F/M to W 4 St–Washington Sq.
- Only three performances, so book ahead.
Going? Keep it.
Common questions
Is Tom at the Farm in English?
It is performed in Portuguese with English subtitles.
Is this related to the Xavier Dolan movie?
Yes, both are adaptations of Michel Marc Bouchard's play; this is a Brazilian stage production.