peerless by Jiehae Park

Starring Tiffany Villarin, Teresa Lim, Christopher Livingston, Caroline Neff, and JD Taylor

P R E S S :

New York Times preview article: Jiehae Park’s ‘Peerless’ to World Premiere at the Yale Repertory Theater

“Directed with quicksilver pacing and a minimal yet bold production design...Yale Rep’s production sets “peerless” on a splendid maiden journey. The acting, direction and design illuminate Park’s refreshing script and accent its strengths. This play will surely enjoy many journeys henceforth; yet one may not see one that complements the playwright’s intentions as suitably as this.”

            - E. Kyle Minor, New Haven Register

“Listen up. “Peerless” is the funniest and perhaps the best play of the entire Connecticut year…. The combination of creative writing and excellent directing (Margot Bordelon) is overwhelming”

            - Tom Nissley, Ridgelea Reports on Theatre

“Playwright Jiehae Park writes an atonal if symphonic-like script, complete with crescendos and crashes. Margot Bordelon surely accelerates action. Peerless is striking and unforgettable…. Director Bordelon coaxes the actors to fuel Park's tension-filled text. She releases the performers but is also able to gauge and control intensity.”

            - Fred Sokol, Talkin Broadway

“Bordelon, who showed a special talent for helping develop new dramatic works when she studied at the Yale School of Drama just a few years ago, directs "Peerless" in such a way that the comedy stays weird and witty and doesn't devolve into cartoonishness. The layered moods she creates are matched by set and lighting designs that are bright yet literally crisscrossed with shadows.”

            - Christopher Arnott, The Hartford Courant

“Director Margot Bordelon has worked exceptionally well with the playwright and her designers in fashioning a flashy, fast-moving production.”

            - Zander Opper, CT Critics Circle

“Under the breathless direction of Margot Bordelon, the casting at Yale is first-rate beginning with Lim and Villarin who are nothing less than superb in the lead roles.”

            - Tom Holehan, CT Critics Circle

“This is a comedy that borders on a midnight hue, as directed with an evil glint by Margot Bordelon.”

            - Bonnie Goldberg, CT Critics Circle

“Peerless is fearless”

            - Teresa Chen, Yale Daily News

PEERLESS (CHERRY LANE)

by Jiehae Park

Cherry Lane Mentor Project workshop production (images 13-22)

Starring Tiffany Villarin, Teresa Lim, Christopher Livingston, Gideon Glick, and Emma Ramos

A re-imagined 'Macbeth' where Asian-American twins M&L have given up everything to get into The College. So when D, a 1/16th Native American classmate, gets "their" spot instead, they figure they've got only one option: kill him. A dark comedy about the very ambitious.

All photos taken by Chasi Annexy for the Cherry Lane Mentor Project 2015 production.