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Lifetime Lear

 
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Jan 1, 2015—Dec 31, 2114
 
 
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BAM & Theatre for a New Audience
 
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:  $16,060*
 
 
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*Limited availability. Installment plan available upon request. 
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Mon Apr 07
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We are thrilled at the prospect of offering true 'Learheads' guaranteed access to the many future productions of this essential tragedy.
—Joseph V. Melillo

Guarantee your seat at every King Lear produced at BAM and Theatre for a New Audience from January 2015 until the end of time.

Each Lifetime Lear pass is good for a pair of premium location seats to each and every future performance of the play presented in Fort Greene (additional venues to be announced). A total of 26 passes are available—the number of scenes in King Lear. 

Future productions will be announced with each upcoming season, but pass holders can already look forward to BAM’s 2045 Winter/Spring Season, featuring Ryan Gosling as Lear. Other popular actors being considered for the legendarily physically demanding role include Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), Adam Driver (Girls), and new Brooklynite Patrick Stewart.

 

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About the pass 
 
The Lifetime Lear pass comes in the form of a braided crown of reeds to be designed by a Brooklyn artisanal milliner, custom fitted to each Learhead's pate. The reeds are symbolic of nettles, thorns, and hemlock, which will not be used in order to avoid poisoning.
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Lifetime Lear Scholarship Passes 
 
In addition to the 26 Lifetime Lear passes to be sold, BAM and Theatre for a New Audience will donate two scholarship passes to patrons whose names will be drawn. Entry to the drawing begins on Wednesday, Apr 2, and the two names will be announced on Sat, Apr 26 (Shakespeare's birthday).
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On Truth (and Lies) in Monarchy 
 
Simon Critchley and invited guests will examine the vexing issues of absolute rule and unruly heirs. Dates and speakers to be announced.
 
 

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Note: Lifetime Lear passes are non-transferable, even between generations. BAM cannot be responsible for Acts of God or by decree of the King. BAM employees and their relatives may not enter to win the scholarship passes, but may purchase one pass at the standard employee discount.

 
 
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