The Old Lincoln School in Brookline, Massachusetts, has been exquisitely transformed into an installation of cinematic scenes that evoke the world of Macbeth. You, the audience, have the freedom to roam the environment and experience a sensory journey as you choose what to watch and where to go. Rediscover the childlike excitement of exploring the unknown in this unique theatrical adventure.
Sleep No More
All performances of Sleep No More are SOLD OUT
All performances of Sleep No More are SOLD OUT
An abandoned school. Shakespeare’s fallen hero. Hitchcock’s shadow of suspense.
Award-winning British theater company Punchdrunk makes its U.S. debut with Sleep No More, an immersive production inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth, told through the lens of a Hitchcock thriller.
"The attention to detail is, frankly, overwhelming. . . . I have been seeing it in dreams ever since."
— Time Out New York
"Extraordinary, mesmerizing, ingenious. . . . The spell lingers."
— The Boston Globe
"Unlike any theatrical experience you've ever had. . . . like wandering through a dream that someone else is having."
— Boston Herald
"This is immersion theater taken to the level of high art...an experience impossible to shake, even days later."
— EDGE Boston
In the News
"The attention to detail is, frankly, overwhelming. . . . I have been seeing it in dreams ever since."
Boston Globe Sunday Magazine perspective: The groundbreaking show Sleep No More has given me, and Greater Boston, a much-needed, exhilarating jolt.
Wicked Local Brookline: ...we’re in uncharted territory here, with an offbeat and immersive theater experience that’s part art installation, part haunted house, part macabre ballet, and part Macbethian nightmare.
guardian.co.uk: The pumpkins are out on the street in Massachusetts and the shops are full of Halloween. But if there's one thing that's likely to spook out Bostonians this autumn it's the arrival of British theatre company Punchdrunk.
Variety review: Theatergoers often hear the expression "entering the world of the play," but few will have experienced anything like "Sleep Mo More" when it comes to total audience immersion.
EDGE Boston: Part haunted house, part art installation, part Art Decoed Jacobean melodrama, Sleep No More is far more than a theatrical gimmick -- this is immersion theater taken to level of high art.
Boston Globe review: In eerie ‘Sleep No More,' the audience wanders through the Bard's bloody business
Theatermania: A.R.T.'s new artistic director Diane Paulus is committed to moving theater forward and challenging audiences.
The Boston Globe: Imagine you're walking through an alley behind an abandoned school. You pass a deserted playground, scale a flight of metal stairs, and enter the building through a rear door on the second story...
Video review of Punchdrunk's "hotly-awaited" production It Felt Like a Kiss in Manchester, England.
Creators
Directed and devised by
Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle, with the Company
Casts and Credits
| CAST | |
| Duncan | Phil Atkins |
| Malcolm | Hector Harkness |
| Macbeth | Geir Hytten |
| Banquo | Vinicius Salles |
| Macduff | Robert McNeill |
| Porter | Thomas Kee |
| Lady Macbeth | Sarah Dowling |
| Lady Macduff | Alli Ross |
| Witch | Conor Doyle |
| Witch | Stephanie Eaton |
| Witch | Fernanda Prata |
| Hecate | Careena Melia |
| The Second Mrs. de Winter | Poornima Kirby |
| Mrs. Danvers | Tori Sparks |
| Bellhop | Alexander LaFrance |
| Annie Darcy | Annie Goodchild |
| Elsie Price | Hayley Jane Soggin |
| Speakeasy Bartender | Sogdiana Azhibenova |
| Man in Bar | Robert Najarian |
| CAST (From November 10) | |
| Duncan | Phil Atkins |
| Malcolm | Robert Najarian |
| Macbeth | Eric Jackson-Bradley |
| Banquo | Jeffery Lyon |
| Macduff | Luke Murphy |
| Porter | Thomas Kee |
| Lady Macbeth | Tori Sparks |
| Lady Macduff | Alli Ross |
| Witch | Jordan Morley |
| Witch | Stephanie Eaton |
| Witch | Kelly Bartnik |
| Hecate | Careena Melia |
| The Second Mrs. de Winter | Poornima Kirby |
| Mrs. Danvers | Hope T. Davis |
| Bellhop | Alexander LaFrance |
| Annie Darcy | Annie Goodchild |
| Elsie Price | Hayley Jane Soggin |
| THE ANNIE DARCY BAND | |
| Bass/Sax | Timo Shanko |
| Drums | Django Carranza |
| Piano | Rusty Scott |
| CREDITS | |
| Director and Designer | Felix Barrett |
| Director and Choreographer | Maxine Doyle |
| Sound and Graphic Designer | Stephen Dobbie |
| Associate Designer | Livi Vaughan |
| Associate Designer | Beatrice Minns |
| Costumer | David Israel Reynoso |
| Staff Director | Mikhael Tara Garver |
| Assistant Director | Paul Stacey |
| Stage Manager | Carolyn Rae Boyd |
| PRODUCING TEAM |
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| Executive Director (Punchdrunk) | Colin Marsh |
| Senior Producer (Punchdrunk) | Colin Nightingale |
| Technical Director (Punchdrunk) | Euan Maybank |
| Producer (A.R.T.) | Diane Borger |
| Line Producer (A.R.T.) | Chris De Camillis |
| Assistant Producer | Allison Kline |
| Props Volunteer Coordinator | Olivia Benowitz |
| PRODUCTION STAFF | |
| Production Manager | Pat Quinlan |
| Associate Production Manager | Chris Viklund |
| Associate Production Manager | Skip Curtiss |
| Production Assistants | Tob Ibbitson |
| Kevin Klein | |
| Technical Director | Steve Setterlun |
| Assistant Technical Director | Nick Fouch |
| Acting Assistant Technical Director | David Buckler |
| Scenic Charge Artist | Gerard P. Vogt |
| Assistant Scenic Charge | Kristin Knutson |
| Scenic Painter | Katie Richmond |
| Master Carpenter | |
| Scenic Carpenters | Jason Bryant |
| York-Andreas Paris | |
| Scenic Interns | Ben Clark |
| Sarah Pierce | |
| Katie Wilson | |
| Rena Luczkiewicz | |
| Paint Interns | Tacy Flaherty |
| Rebecca Keithley | |
| Abigail Neuhoff | |
| Scenic Staff | Alan Boyer |
| Stephen “Dex” Woodward | |
| George Kane | |
| Tom Ibbitson | |
| Irene Yee | |
| Kayla Szumowski | |
| Lee Czemba | |
| Lane Black | |
| Dan Black | |
| Tim Boland | |
| Andrew Remillard | |
| Olivia Brownlee | |
| Erin Gilligan | |
| James Crosby | |
| Karina Shorten | |
| John Hardin | |
| Properties Manager | Cindy Lee-Sullivan |
| Assistant Properties Manager | Tricia Green |
| Properties Carpenter | Stacey Horne |
| Properties Staff | Rebecca Helgeson |
| Brittany Burke | |
| Sean Cote | |
| Meagan Miller-McKeever | |
| Properties Interns | Jeff Desautels |
| Brian Hoefling | |
| Katie Flemming | |
| Heather Morris | |
| Costume Shop Manager | Jeannette Hawley |
| Assistant Costume Shop Manager | Hilary Gately |
| Costume Drapers | Carmel Dundon |
| Mary Hurd | |
| Stitchers | Tova Moreno |
| Jennifer Guadagno | |
| Crafts Artisan | David Israel Reynoso |
| Hair and Make-up | Rachel Padula Shufelt |
| Master Electrician | Derek Wiles |
| Lighting Assistant | Ken Helvig |
| Lighting Engineer | David Oppenheimer |
| Audio Supervisor | David Remedios |
| Audio Engineer | Katrina McGuire |
| Audio Staff | Meghan McDonough |
| Jason Van Sleet | |
| Alexis Rodriguez-Carlson | |
| Darby Smotherman | |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Kyle Carlson |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Alexandra McConnell-Trivelli |
| Sound Intern | Sarah Weintraub |
| Band Contractor/Bar Manager | Jason Waddleton |
| Stage Supervisor | Jeremie Lozier |
| Production Assistants | Chris Eschenbach |
| Kevin Klein | |
| Matthew Sebastian | |
| Wardrobe Supervisor | Steven Drueke |
| VOLUNTEERS | |
| Scenic | Bryan Atterberry, John Hardin, Katie Richmond, Angela Mussacchio, Jeannette Vivas, Jaycee Do, Anna Oliver, Michael Berman, Evan Cole, Ariel Miller, Stephanie Lederman, Veronika Kruta, Larry Switzky |
| Props/Detail | Anna Oliver, Elyssa Jakim, Zachary Baker-Salmon, Robin McGuire, Lindsay Boss, Juliana Beecher, Evan Cole, Marghuerite White, Maia Laperle, Melanie Garber, Karen Kosco, Ariel Miller, Julia Bloom, Danielle Drees, Angela Mussacchio, Scarlett Redmond, Ian DeLeon, Kara Stokowski, Scott Hadley, Molly Lanzarotta, Luis Santos, Justin Tease, Beth Fagan, Patrick Mills, Mark Collett, Sydney Robinson, Madeline Barr, Anna Brownsted, Samara Scott, Chelsea Barrett, Julia Rocha |
| War-room installation and special projects: | Maria Magdalena Campos Pons and the students of her School of the Museum of Fine Arts Installation Art class: |
| Susan Childress, Shannon Carroll, Olivia Becker, Alaina Gurdak, Alex Rathbun, Maddie Barr, Anna O’Hara, Sofia Botero, Ani Avnian, Eunice Choi, Doyle Bley, Esther Chung, Eusaem Choy, George Oliveira, Ivette Slaom, James Lyman, Natalia Vergara, C. Fisher, Katrina Neumann | |
| Lighting | Nicole Barron, Evan Cole, John Harrison, John Bechtold |
| Sound | Bryan Atterberry, Mary Simpson, Max Lord |
| Head Steward | Allison Kline |
| Floor Captains | John Bechtold, Olivia Benowitz, Mark Collett, Anna Oliver |
| Stewards | Jennifer LoSciuto, Zachary Baker-Salmon, Maia Laperle, Michelle Murray, Michele Reed, Borah Coburn, Miriam Khan, Len Tower, Angela Mussachio, Ella Dorband, Jane Wilson, Tierra Bonser, Elizabeth Ostebo, Tegan Sutherland, Elyssa Jakim, Eve Bryggman, Larry Switzky, Annika Franklin, Nicole Barron, Megan Murphy, Lindsey Boss, Gregory Lauer, Laura Caplan, Sarah George, Brittany Duncan, Soo Sheung Wong, Catherine Dare, Kelsey Linehan, Joel Cote, Catherine Tivy, Karen Huyghue, Gail Flattes, Rachel Baptista, Mark Stys, Lois Beckett, Kevin Schlagle, Chelsea Schmidt, Terry Torres, Kate Woolsey, Jill Shepherd, Lauren Schumacher, Roy Kimmey |
Non-Required Reading
Directors’ Note by Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle.
A summary of Macbeth prepared by Jenna Clark Embrey.
Paul Stacey describes superstitions that have inspired scenes in Sleep No More.
Rachel Hutt interviews Sleep No More director Felix Barrett
Sara Bookin-Weiner introduces the excitement and adventure of Punchdrunk and Sleep No More
Artistic Director Diane Paulus introduces the Shakespeare Exploded! festival
Downloads
Sponsors
Supported by the British Council
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Need to know:
Wear the black masks in Sleep No More — sign up to become a Steward.
Extras:
Fantastic dinner deals steps from the Old Lincoln School. Click for details.
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Enjoy the special Sleep No More dessert for just $1!
(Must show tickets)
Policies:
Children under the age of 16 will not be admitted. 16 and 17 year olds must be accompanied by an adult. Production contains nudity and may be disturbing to minors. Strobe lighting is used. Production involved walking so patrons are advised to wear comfortable shoes. No smoking, photography, or video taping.
Comments
Comments
Thank You, Punchdrunk and A.R.T.
I attended "Sleep No More" twice, and both shows were the most invigorating, profound, and thrilling theater experiences of my life. My deepest gratitude to the cast, crew, and people responsible for making this fantastic show a dream-laden reality. A.R.T., Please bring Punchdrunk back to the states in the future, and continue bringing innovative theater to the Boston area. I support you in every way I can.
Music
Is there any way to get a list of the songs used?
Heading to the west coast?
It would be an amazing chance to get to enjoy such a profound experience, just reading about it and seeing what those who've been to see have said I am infatuated. Any plans to head to the Seattle area in the future?
A treat
My daughter got tickets for her sister and me to this unusual production and I must say I was impressed with the experience. I even had the good fortune to experience the intimate personal performance with Hecate. To experience the willing suspension of disbelief on a one-to-one level was thought provoking and I'll always remember.
performance schedule
Is Sleep No More coming to Chicago or anywhere in the midwest? I have heard amazing reviews.
Missing Nothing
If you embrace the experience you are having, surrendering to it completely, and not worrying about the experiences of others, or the experience you "could" be having, then you are missing nothing. It is not about "getting it right" or "seeing all of the scenes," it is about experiencing the events as you discover them. Each overall experience is ephemeral and contingent upon a person's choices. Put another way, this month there will be 300 different shows that happen in one night, 1,200 different shows in a week, and 4,800 in a month.
To "missin nothing", I saw
To "missin nothing", I saw nothing. I enjoyed the set, but saw no scenes involving acting. I only saw actors running up and down hallways and stairs. I think I may have missed something afterall. Especially after reading this comment page and the facebook page.
We couldn't have put it better ourselves.
We couldn't have put it better ourselves.
Thank you, Colin. After
Thank you, Colin. After hearing audience responses, I found it helpful to say it. Especially since it does not reveal any of the secrets of SNM. A. LaFrance
This show is the best I've seen
Sleep No More is like no other show I've ever seen (even the best ones don't compare). I come out and want to go right back in. After seeing the show twice already I would love to go at least a couple more times... BUT it is totally sold out as we all know. I know its a long shot but I though I'd add my voice to the chorus pleading to extend the run