Ulysses

January 13, 2026 - February 15, 2026

Venue Martinson Hall

Created by Elevator Repair Service
Text: Ulysses by James Joyce
Co-Direction and Dramaturgy by Scott Shepherd
Directed by John Collins

Following last fall’s sold-out encore of Gatz—“The most remarkable achievement in theater of the decade” (New York Times)—Elevator Repair Service (ERS) takes on the Mount Everest of twentieth-century literature. James Joyce’s ULYSSES has fascinated, perplexed, scandalized, and/or defeated readers for over a century. In this New York City premiere, seven performers sit down for a sober reading but soon find themselves guzzling pints, getting in brawls, and committing debaucheries as they careen on a fast-forward tour through Joyce’s funhouse of styles. With humor, pathos, and a richly layered design, ERS stitches together verbatim passages from Joyce’s epic masterpiece into a two-and-a-half hour tour de force.

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Dee Beasnael

DEE BEASNAEL (Performer) (she/her) is excited to be making her Public Theater debut! Off-Broadway: The Securely Conferred Vouchsafed Secrets of Maery S. (Best Actress). International Tour: Nina Simone in Silence and Fear. Film: The Good Half, Before The World Set On Fire, The Falling World. Voice Over: “Caillou,” “Kyle’s Wild World,” “Opal Watson: Private Eye.” @sacrodbea

Kate Benson

KATE BENSON (Performer) is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. Performances include Good Person of Szechuan at The Public; Fondly, Colette Richland; Seagull; and Ulysses with ERS; [Porto] at the Bushwick Starr; and Nomads at the Ontological. Writing includes [Porto], produced by WP and the Bushwick Starr, and A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes, produced by New Georges and WP and an OBIE winner.

Maggie Hoffman

MAGGIE HOFFMAN (Performer) (she/her) is a founder of the avant-punk performance ensemble Radiohole and the artist-run venue The Collapsable Hole in the West Village. In addition to over 25 years of performance with Radiohole, she has appeared at The Public with ERS in Gatz, Arguendo, Measure for Measure, and The Sound and the Fury. She recently appeared as Madeline Harvey in Richard Foreman’s Suppose Beautiful Madeline Harvey, produced by Object Collection at La MaMa.

Vin Knight

VIN KNIGHT (Performer) The Public: Gatz, Measure for Measure, Arguendo, The Sound and the Fury. Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Off-Broadway: The Counterfeit Opera (Little Island), The Select (The Sun Also Rises) and Fondly, Collette Richland (ERS/NYTW). Regional: Camino Real (Williamstown), The Music Man (Sharon Playhouse), Marie Antoinette (ART and Yale Rep). TV: “And Just Like That,” “Inventing Anna,” “Search Party,” “Succession,” “Orange Is The New Black,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “The Blacklist,” “Bull,” “Homeland.”

Scott Shepherd

SCOTT SHEPHERD (Performer, Co-Director) The Public: Gatz (ERS), Measure for Measure (ERS), Hamlet (The Wooster Group). ERS: No Great Society, Total Fictional Lie, Cab Legs. The Wooster Group: The Town Hall Affair, Vieux Carré; Poor Theater; To You, The Birdie! Off-Broadway: The Village Bike, Blood Knot. TV/Film: Killers of the Flower Moon, “The Last of Us,” El Camino, “The Young Pope,” Bridge of Spies. Obie Awards: Gatz, Poor Theater.

Christopher-Rashee Stevenson

CHRISTOPHER-RASHEE STEVENSON (Performer) is an experimental theater artist from Baltimore. Recently seen in ERS's Baldwin & Buckley At Cambridge as part of the FIND Festival at Schaubühne. A Mabou Mines SUITE/Space (2020-21) resident artist and alum of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab (2018). His work as director and performer has been featured at The Performing Garage, The Collapsable Hole, South Street Seaport Museum, The Metropolitan Opera, JACK, HERE Arts Center, REDCAT, The Actor’s Studio, Philadelphia FringeArts, DeSingel, Festival D'Avignon, UC Berkeley, UCLA, American Repertory Theater, and Millennium Film Workshop.

Stephanie Weeks

STEPHANIE WEEKS (Performer) is an award-winning actor and director who has performed at some of the country’s most renowned theaters. Stephanie starred in Melvin Van Peebles’ film Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha, an Official Selection of the Tribeca Film Festival. Her television credits include “Tales of the City” (Netflix), “The Good Fight” (CBS), and “Law & Order” (NBC). www.stephaniejweeks.com

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