Staged Reading Racine’s Phèdre – Featuring Jennifer Ehle and Mister Fitzgerald

FIAF is delighted to partner with Red Bull Theater to present a staged reading of Jean Racine’s celebrated 17th-century play, Phèdre.

Tony Award winner Jennifer Ehle plays a model mother and devoted wife, Phèdre, who finds her resolve destroyed as her desire for her maturing stepson (played by Mister Fitzgerald) becomes all-consuming.

Rediscover this timeless French classic updated for modern audiences, with direction by Lanise Antoine Shelley and a new translation by Rob Melrose.