Theatre Raymond Kabbaz (TRK), the performance space at Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, is pleased to present the US premiere of Les Yeux Ouverts (Open Eyes) starring French film and theatre legend Marie-Christine Barrault, with Éric Pierrot and Paul Spera, on Thursday, December 3rd and Friday, December 4th, 2015.
The play is based on the book Les Yeux ouverts (Open Eyes), which portrays an exceptional woman, Marguerite Yourcenar, the first woman to be elected to L’Académie Française, in interviews she granted to literary critic Matthieu Galey. The conversations with novelist Yourcenar form a kind of oral autobiography. Galey published a collection of these interviews in the book Les Yeux Ouverts (Open Eyes). It quickly became a bestseller, but the publishing triggered a quarrel with the writer.
For Director Ludovic Kerfendal, Marie-Christine Barrault is the only actress who could bring the passion, authority and generosity of Marguerite Yourcenar. She embodies this author, who, for so many times, identified herself with male characters for whom she wrote the memories.
Les Yeux ouverts, will be in French with projected English subtitles. Performances start at 7:30pm and will take place at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90064 (310-286- 0553).
Ticket prices range from $30 to $40 and can be purchased at http://tinyurl.com/nj7aulr. A no host bar will be available.
TRK wishes to acknowledge the support of Le Lycée Français de Los Angeles, TV5Monde, L’alliance Française de Los Angeles, Air Tahiti Nui, and KCRW.
