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FOR RELEASE ON OCTOBER 8, 2025

FIRST LOOK PHOTO RELEASED OF
THE 2025 OLIVIER AWARD^®-NOMINATED NEW PLAY
“KYOTO”
AT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER

WRITTEN BY JOE MURPHY & JOE ROBERTSON
DIRECTED BY STEPHEN DALDRY AND JUSTIN MARTIN

PERFORMANCES BEGIN TONIGHT!

Photo by Emilio Madrid available HERE.

New York, NY (October 8, 2025) – Ahead of its highly anticipated first preview tonight, Lincoln Center Theater has released the first production photo of the United States Premiere of the highly acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance production of the 2025 Olivier Award-nominated play KYOTO.

First look production photo starring the company of KYOTO, taken by Emilio Madrid, available HERE.

KYOTO is set to officially open on November 3^rd. at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater (150 W 65^th Street). Directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin (The Jungle; Stranger Things: The First Shadow). The Lincoln Center Theater production of KYOTO is presented by arrangement with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance, Rachel Styne & Jessica Foung.

KYOTO stars Stephen Kunken, reprising his celebrated role as American lawyer and ex-government strategist ‘Don Pearlman,’ Jorge Bosch, reprising his Olivier Award-nominated role as Argentinian lawyer and conference leader ‘Raul Estrada-Oyuela,’ Peter Bradbury as climate change skeptic ‘Fred Singer,’ Kate Burton as ‘USA,’ Feodor Chin as ‘China,’ Erin Darke as ‘Germany,’ Natalie Gold as ‘Shirley,’ Daniel Jenkins as ‘Gore/Bolin/Santer/Observer,’ Dariush Kashani as ‘Saudi Arabia,’ Rob Narita as ‘Japan,’ Imani Jade Powers as ‘Secretariat,’ Ferdy Roberts reprising his role as ‘U.K./Prescott/Houghton,’ Roslyn Ruff as ‘Tanzania,’ and Taiana Tully as ‘Kiribati.’ Offstage understudies include Odera Adimorah, Clark Carmichael, Luis Carlos de La Lombana, Paul Juhn, Amelia McClain, and Lianah Sta. Ana.

Direct from critically acclaimed, sold-out productions in Stratford-upon-Avon and London’s West End, written by Good Chance Theatre Artistic Directors and playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson (authors of The Jungle, which premiered at the Young Vic, London, and went on to runs in the West End, Off-Broadway and San Francisco, after sold out runs), KYOTO is a sharp, searing political thriller dramatizing the moment all nations tried to set aside their differences for the sake of the earth.

Saving the Earth is a filthy business. Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Centre, December 11, 1997. The nations of the world are in deadlock. Time is running out and a climate change agreement feels a world away. The greatest obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman… Declared “gripping” (The Times), “extraordinarily funny” (Variety), and a “genuinely daring” (Evening Standard) “triumph” (Telegraph), KYOTO asks who gets to decide what’s worth saving when the entire planet is at risk—and what we’re willing to give up so we can move forward, together.

Tickets for KYOTO are on sale by visiting LCT.org or the box office at 150 W. 65^th Street.

The creative team for KYOTO includes Miriam Buether (set design), Natalie Pryce (costume design), Aideen Malone (lighting design), Christopher Reid (sound design), Akhila Krishnan (video design), Paul Englishby (original music), Jim Carnahan, CSA and Alexandre Bleau, CSA (casting), Diana DiVita (stage manager), Ed Burnside (associate director), Julia Horan (original UK casting director) and Gemma Stockwood (Dramaturg).

KYOTO was commissioned by Good Chance and is presented by arrangement with Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance Theatre, Rachel Styne & Jessica Foung.

Lincoln Center Theater gratefully acknowledges Lynne and Richard Pasculano’s visionary leadership support for KYOTO.

KYOTO is also made possible by the Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, and the SHS Foundation. Season support is generously provided by Daryl Roth, Denise Littlefield Sobel, and American Airlines.

ABOUT LINCOLN CENTER THEATER

LCT’s mission is to bring exceptional theater to life. Building on a legacy of artistic excellence, LCT strives to expand what is possible: to make the magic of theater more palpable, empowering visionary artists and extending the invitation for the community to join in celebrating the power of live performance. To see that mission to fruition in a new era at the New York institution, commencing with the current 2025-2026 season, Lear deBessonet assumes the role of Kewsong Lee Artistic Director, alongside Managing Director Mike Schleifer, Executive Producer Barlett Sher, Producer Nicole Kastrinos, Executive Director of Development and Planning Naomi Grabel, and LCT3 Artistic Director and Producer Maria Manuela Goyanes.

Following the season launch with the free Silent Disco Listening Party of the Warriors concept album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis held on July 30, 2025, deBessonet will open her inaugural season at the Vivian Beaumont Theater with a new production of her celebrated New York City Center Gala revival of Ragtime. The season will also include productions of Kyoto, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and The Whoopi Monologues at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater; The Comedy Series, Night Side Songs, A Woman Among Women and The Reading Series with LCT3 at the Claire Tow Theater; as well as expanded programming including collaborations with groundbreaking artists including Chef Kwame Onwuachi of Tatiana and one special benefit at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

Founded in 1985 by Board Chair Hon. John V. Lindsay, Executive Producer Bernard Gersten and Director Gregory Mosher, and led for 33 years by André Bishop, LCT is one of the leading nonprofit theaters in the country, producing an annual season of plays and musicals that have been seen by millions around the globe. It is one of 11 autonomous constituents of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Each year, the three theaters that make up LCT welcome nearly 300,000 audience members to its home on the Lincoln Center campus.

Over the last 40 years, LCT and its outstanding productions have received many of the highest accolades, including 87 Tony Awards, 97 Drama Desk Awards, 79 Outer Critics Cricle Awards, 33 Obies, 11 NY Drama Critics Circle Awards, and one Pulitzer Prize, as well as two finalists.

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