Clybourne Park – Well Made Productions & International Theatre Amsterdam
In the Chicago suburb Clybourne Park, a house is being sold to a black family – the first black family in a hitherto white neighbourhood. The neighbours begin to worry about their community: before you know it, the neighbourhood may become uninhabitable. Years later, young urban professionals Steve and Lindsey buy the same house in Clybourne Park with a view to knocking it down and building a lavish family home, thus gentrifying the now predominantly black neighbourhood. Again, the neighbours are concerned: before you know it, the neighbourhood will become unaffordable.
Teunkie van der Sluijs directed the Netherlands premiere production of Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer, Tony and Olivier Award winning play about race and gentrification for award-winning company Well Made Productions.
Text
Bruce Norris
Director
Teunkie van der Sluijs
Translation
Esther Duysker
Lighting design | costume design
Clement & Sanôu
Sound design
Ata Güner
Premiere
9 May 2019
Photography
Sharon Jane D.
”
Clybourne Park by Well Made Productions is a very interesting performance,
which raises many questions about the coexistence of different population groups,
to which you can and must come up with your own answers.
”
— MAX ARIAN, THEATERKRANT —
Trailer — Clybourne Park
”
Clybourne Park is an excellently made performance
that fascinates from start to finish
and also holds up a mirror.
”
— SANDRA KOOKE, TROUW —
”
With Clybourne Park,
Well Made Productions brings relevant and highly topical themes to the stage,
which is to be welcomed.
”
— SANDER JANSSENS, HET PAROOL —
“
A brilliantly crafted production,
spellbinding from beginning to end,
and holding up a mirror to us all.
”
— SANDRA KOOKE, TROUW —
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