BETRAYAL
AstonRep and Theatre TJL present
Betrayal
by Harold Pinter
Directed by Rian Jairell
June 7 – June 16, 2024
About the show: The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier. Emma's marriage to Robert, Jerry's best friend, is now breaking up, and she needs someone to talk to. Their reminiscences reveal that Robert knew of their affair all along and, to Jerry's dismay, regarded it with total nonchalance. Thereafter, in a series of contiguous scenes, the play moves backward in time, from the end of the Emma-Jerry affair to its beginning, throwing into relief the little lies and oblique remarks that, in this time-reverse, reveal more than direct statements, or overt actions, ever could.
One of the 20th century’s most influential dramatists, Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter innovatively explores the complexities of love, guilt, and duplicity in this Olivier Award-winning classic. A critical and popular success on both sides of the Atlantic. Winner in New York of the Drama Critics Circle Award as Best Foreign Play and in London of the West End Award as Best Play of the Season.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Rian Jairell - Director
Anna Vu - Stage Manager
Carrie Hardin - Dialect Coach
Jeremiah Barr - Scenic/Props Designer
Robert Tobin* - Sound/Projection Design
Becca Venable - Lighting Designer
Andrés Mota - Costume Designer
CAST
Rian Jairell - Jerry
Amelia Lorenz - Emma
Tom Ochocinski - The Waiter
Robert Tobin - Robert
