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There’s a great beating heart at the center of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, making its American debut after an ill-timed January 2020 premiere at London’s National Theatre. Fans of Sandra Oh’s masterful work on Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy won’t be surprised to find her bringing the same kind of acerbic warmth and casually razor-sharp intelligence that Eve Polastri and Dr. Cristina Yang shared to Elizabeth Luke, an 18th-century English midwife who finds herself wrapped up in a murder trial. Even churning butter, which Oh approaches with a ferocious purposefulness, Lizzy still has lots of bite.
The accused is Sally Poppy (Haley Wong), a maid who skipped town with a ruffian only to come back home to her husband drenched in the blood of the young rich girl she used to serve. She’s already been found guilty of murder, but she’s “pled the belly.
The accused is Sally Poppy (Haley Wong), a maid who skipped town with a ruffian only to come back home to her husband drenched in the blood of the young rich girl she used to serve. She’s already been found guilty of murder, but she’s “pled the belly.
- 6/13/2024
- by Dan Rubins
- Slant Magazine
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Grey’s Anatomy and Quiz Lady actor Sandra Oh will star in the Off Broadway American premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin this summer.
The Atlantic Theater Company production begins previews Thursday, May 16, and will open Wednesday, June 12 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 30.
Directed by Sarah Benson, The Welkin is set in Rural Suffolk, England, 1759, as the country waits for Halley’s Comet. A young woman is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder, and when she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she’s telling the truth or simply trying to escape the noose. Only midwife Lizzy Luke (Oh) is prepared to defend the girl against a mob baying for blood, matrons wrestling with their new authority and the devil in their midst.
Atlantic describes the work as a “dark, fierce,...
The Atlantic Theater Company production begins previews Thursday, May 16, and will open Wednesday, June 12 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 30.
Directed by Sarah Benson, The Welkin is set in Rural Suffolk, England, 1759, as the country waits for Halley’s Comet. A young woman is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder, and when she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she’s telling the truth or simply trying to escape the noose. Only midwife Lizzy Luke (Oh) is prepared to defend the girl against a mob baying for blood, matrons wrestling with their new authority and the devil in their midst.
Atlantic describes the work as a “dark, fierce,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Sandra Oh will appear in the Off-Broadway premiere of The Welkin, written by Lucy Kirkwood at Atlantic Theater Company this spring.
Oh, known for her starring roles in Grey’s Anatomy and Killing Eve, among many others, has previously appeared on the New York stage in Off-Broadway productions including Satellites, Stop Kiss and Wild Goose Dreams. She will also appear in HBO/A24’s limited series adaptation of The Sympathizer, airing in April.
She is joined by a cast that also includes Dale Soules (Orange Is The New Black), Danny Wolohan (To Kill a Mockingbird), b (American (Tele)visions), Tilly Botsford (Off-Broadway debut), Paige Gilbert (Skin of Our Teeth), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Jenn Kidwell (Underground Railroad Game), Mary McCann (Harper Regan), Emily Cass McDonnell (I’m Revolting), MacKenzie Mercer (Frozen national tour) and Haley Wong (Mary Gets Hers at McC).
Directed by Sarah Benson, an Obie Award winner for her direction of Fairview,...
Oh, known for her starring roles in Grey’s Anatomy and Killing Eve, among many others, has previously appeared on the New York stage in Off-Broadway productions including Satellites, Stop Kiss and Wild Goose Dreams. She will also appear in HBO/A24’s limited series adaptation of The Sympathizer, airing in April.
She is joined by a cast that also includes Dale Soules (Orange Is The New Black), Danny Wolohan (To Kill a Mockingbird), b (American (Tele)visions), Tilly Botsford (Off-Broadway debut), Paige Gilbert (Skin of Our Teeth), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Jenn Kidwell (Underground Railroad Game), Mary McCann (Harper Regan), Emily Cass McDonnell (I’m Revolting), MacKenzie Mercer (Frozen national tour) and Haley Wong (Mary Gets Hers at McC).
Directed by Sarah Benson, an Obie Award winner for her direction of Fairview,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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