Dead Poets Society
Off Broadway – Classic Stage Company October 2016
By TOM SCHULMAN
Directed by JOHN DOYLE
With JASON SUDEIKIS
Classic Stage Company – October 27-December 11, 2016
At a rigorous all-boys preparatory school renowned for its ancient traditions, the unconventional Professor Keating inspires his students to defy conformity and to live passionately. Academy Award-winner Tom Schulman adapts his own screenplay for this much-anticipated production.
Dead Poets Society was a 1989 American drama film written by Tom Schulman, directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. Set in 1959 at the fictional elite conservative Vermont boarding school Welton Academy, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry.
Jason Sudeikis
The script was written by Tom Schulman, based on his experiences at the Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, particularly with his inspirational teacher Samuel Pickering.
A scene in the original script showing Keating dying in a hospital was removed by film director Peter Weir, giving Todd’s gesture of standing on his desk the meaning of standing for one’s belief. Filming took place at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware, and at locations in New Castle, Delaware and in nearby Wilmington, Delaware.
Cast: With Francesca Carpanini, David Garrison, William Hochman, Cody Kostro, Yaron Lotan, Thomas Mann, Zane Pais, Jason Sudeikis, Stephen Barker Turner, Bubba Weiler
By TOM SCHULMAN
Directed by JOHN DOYLE
Set Design SCOTT PASK
Costume Design ANN HOULD-WARD
Lighting Design JAPHY WEIDEMAN
Sound Design MATT STINE
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