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THE LIFE AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND

Written by William Shakespeare 
Adapted by Andrew Rodriguez and Zoë Nagel
Presented and performed at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, 2026

direction by Andrew Rodriguez
costume design by John Hardy
scenic design by Yaya Zhang
lighting design by Mila Mussatt
sound design by Robert Salerno
production dramaturg Zoë Nagel
technical direction by Meredith Wilcox 
fight and intimacy direction by Kelsey Rainwater and Michael Rossmy
stage manager ty ruwe

featuring performances by Yishan Hao, Nancy Kimball, Sarah Lo, Francisco Morandi Zerpa, Christopher Thomas Pow, Darius Sakui, Max Sheldon, and Henita Telo

At the height of his power, King Richard the Second stand mired in a court of resentful family, false friends, and flatterers. As his rival Henry Bolingbroke advances across England, intent on dethroning him, Richard must reckon with the hollow nature of power - and of those who covet it

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