The Sound and the Fury
In 2008, The Sound and the Fury was presented for the first time at New York Theatre Workshop, then entitled “The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928)”. It subsequently toured to; REDCAT, Los Angeles, The Vienna Festival, Vienna, The Holland Festival, Amsterdam, and The Adelaide Festival, Australia. In 2015, The Sound and the Fury was remounted at The Public Theater for a twice-extended limited run.
The second in a trilogy of literary adaptations, this production tackles one of American literature’s most daunting challenges: the first chapter of William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. That chapter, known as “the Benjy Chapter,” is told from the point of view of the Compson family’s youngest son. Mute and mentally handicapped, Benjy cannot distinguish between past and present. In prose that is in turns lyrical and confounding, hilarious and tragic, he free-associates his way through his family’s troubled past and longs for his lost sister.
With the same radical commitment ERS showed in its groundbreaking staging of The Great Gatsby, the ensemble embraces Faulkner’s language and his multilayered narrative. An eerily timeless family living room is the setting for the company’s romp through this dark story. With humor, pathos, high-energy choreography and a wildly versatile ensemble, the company brings this infamous literary masterpiece to life on stage.
Hypnotic … a magical opportunity.
—Ben Brantley, The New York Times
A stunning act of literary transmutation.
—David Cote, Time Out New York
…Suffused with an innocence that one rarely glimpses in a contemporary work of art.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker
…Sophisticated and complex…one leaves the theatre awash with vivid images…
—Samela Harris, The Advertiser
Press
The New York Times May 21, 2015
Review: ‘The Sound and the Fury,’ Elevator Repair Service’s Take on Faulkner
TimeOut New York January 20, 2015
The Sound and the Fury: 4 Stars
Entertainment Weekly May 21, 2015
Elevator Repair Service’s The Sound and the Fury: EW stage review
Theatermania May 21, 2015
The Sound and the Fury
Exeunt Magazine May 21, 2015
The Sound and the Fury at Public Theater
New York Post May 21, 2015
‘The Sound and the Fury’ is a confusing yet engrossing Faulkner reboot
New York Daily News May 22, 2015
Fury, Again
Theater Pizzazz! May 21, 2015
The Sound and the Fury
Huffington Post May 21, 2015
ERS’s “Sound and Fury” Signifying… Something
The Bergen Record May 22, 2015
‘The Sound and the Fury’
The Advertiser March 12, 2010
The Sound And The Fury
The Australian March 15, 2010
Tangled Narratives Of Tragedy And Hope
Expresso-Actual January 24, 2009
The Sound And The Fury (April Seventh, 1928)
Publico January 20, 2009
Flowing With The Flux
The New Yorker May 26, 2008
Intruder In The Wings: A Staging Of William Faulkner's 'The Sound And The Fury'
The New Yorker May 5, 2008
Critic's Notebook: Novel Approach
The New York Times April 30, 2008
Faulkner's Haunted Family, Moving In And Out Of Time
Time Out New York April 30-May 6, 2008
Authorial Intense: Elevator Repair Service Puts Faulkner On Stage -- Verbatim.
Time Out New York April 30, 2008
The Sound And The Fury (April Seventh, 1928)
The New York Sun April 30, 2008
Elevator Repair Service's 'The Sound And The Fury (April Seventh, 1928)'
The International Herald Tribune April 29, 2008
Elevator Repair Service Celebrates Stream-Of-Consciousness
Backstage April 29, 2008
The Sound And The Fury (April Seventh, 1928): Elevator Repair Service At New York Theatre Workshop by Andy Propst
Variety April 29, 2008
Review: 'The Sound And The Fury (April Seventh, 1928)'
The New York Times April 27, 2008
They Did 'Gatsby." But Can They Handle Faulkner?
Variety November 30, 2007
Elevator Pushes Buttons With "Fury": N.Y. Company's Faulkner Adaptation Bows In April
The Brooklyn Rail April 2008
Nothing But Novel: Elevator Repair Service Does Faulkner
The Village Voice March 4, 2008
Spring Theater Preview - The Sound And The Fury, An Idiot's Tale: ERS Follows Up Fitzgerald With Faulkner
Variety November 30, 2007
NY Theaters Set Stage For Novel Ideas
Ensemble
2015- Mike Iveson
- Vin Knight
- Aaron Landsman (also Pete Simpson)
- Daphne Gaines
- Rosie Goldensohn
- Randolph Curtis Rand
- Greig Sargeant
- Lucy Taylor
- Kaneza Schaal
- Susie Sokol
- Tory Vazquez (also Maggie Hoffman)
- Ben Williams
- Mike Iveson
- Vin Knight
- Aaron Landsman (also Pete Simpson)
- Annie McNamara
- April Matthis (also Autumn Knight)
- Randolph Curtis Rand (also Jim Fletcher)
- Greig Sargeant
- Kate Scelsa
- Kaneza Schaal
- Susie Sokol
- Tory Vazquez (also Kristen Sieh)
- Ben Williams
- Text by William Faulkner
- Director John Collins
- Assistant Director (2008) Rachel Chavkin
- Set Designer David Zinn
- Lighting Designer Mark Barton
- Sound Designer Matt Tierney
- Costume Designer Colleen Werthmann
- Projection Designer Eva von Schweinitz
- Dance Director Katherine Profeta
- Choreographer The ERS Ensemble
- Stage Manager (2008) Sarah Hughes, (2015) Maurina Lioce
- Assistant Stage Manager (2008) Katie Farley, (2015) Bridget Balodis
- Production Manager Brian Garber
- Technical Director Ben Williams
- Associate Producer Lindsay Hockaday
- Producer Ariana Smart Truman