De Erfenis (try-out)

Tony Award-winning drama about a family, struggling with hidden secrets, twisted memories and unfulfilled desires.

After the theatre hit August: Oklahoma from 2024, Toneelgroep Maastricht is bringing the acclaimed family drama The Legacy to the stage. Directed by Michel Sluysmans, a top cast including Wendell Jaspers and Anniek Pheifer tells the tragicomic story of the dysfunctional Lafayette family struggling with hidden secrets, twisted memories and unfulfilled desires.

A disturbing discovery

Legacy hilariously depicts the tragic demise of a white, Western family through the eyes of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, one of the world's most celebrated contemporary black writers.

The story is set on a family estate in southern America. Three adult children gather with their families in their late father's house. The contents must be divided, the house sold. As subcutaneous tensions brew and old feuds flare up, the children make a disturbing discovery among their father's possessions that will change their lives forever. To cope with the future, the Lafayettes will have to deal with the ghosts of their past. Otherwise, the demons will haunt them forever.

More than a family chronicle

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' language is blistering and muscular. The characters are gritty, violent and vulnerable at the same time. The family problems are harsh and witty. But The Inheritance is more than just a family chronicle. The Lafayette family symbolises the demasqué of the Western world, which struggles with the question of the extent to which children bear responsibility for their parents' actions. A world in which the youngest generation will have to find a way to deal with the legacy of generations above it.

Multiple dates

You can attend the try-out in Sittard on 25 February. In the weekend of 26 to 28 February, The Legacy celebrates its premiere at Theater aan het Vrijthof. On 26 March and 17 April, the play will return to PLT and on 28 and 29 April it will be at Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht again.

Credits

With: Wendell Jaspers, Anniek Pheifer, Ali-Ben Horsting, Thomas Höppener, Josephine Arendsen, Saar van Roosmalen, Levis Vos and others.
Text: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Translation: Birsu Tamer and Jibbe Willems
Directed by Michel Sluysmans
Music: Elisabeth De Loore
Producer: Toneelgroep Maastricht