Mike Bartlett’s BULL Opens at JACK This Fall

Office politics, right? Mike Bartlett’s Bull is coming to the storefront theatre JACK in Brooklyn this fall. Directed by Max Hunter, the play runs from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4, with an official opening set for Sept. 22. 

The play is a fast-paced dive into office politics and workplace relationships. It follows three employees who face imminent layoffs — two will be safe, and one will lose their job. It will be performed in front of an audience of 50 each night. 

“Mike Bartlett’s Bull exposes a more honest and unvarnished view of the profound brutality underlying many of our daily interactions,” director Max Hunter said in a statement. “In building this production within the intimate confines at JACK, the brutality of Bartlett’s characters is heightened by collapsing the distance between audience and action so that each minor abuse and shift in power becomes unavoidable, primal, visceral. Proximity strips away pretense, placing the audience into a position of complicity and confrontation, demanding an internal response to where and how each person draws their respective line in the sand.”

The ensemble cast includes Kerstin Anderson, Miles G. Jackson, Alexander Pobutsky, and Paco Tolson. 

The creative team for Bull includes scenic designer Thomas Jenkeleit, lighting designer Cheyenne Sykes, assistant director BT Hayes, production stage manager Roger Lipson, and assistant stage manager Ari Richardson. 

Bartlett is best known for his stage play King Charles III, which won the Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2015. It transferred to Broadway, where it was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. His other works include Love Love Love and Cock. He also wrote series two of the BBC show Doctor Foster.

Bull runs Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 at JACK at 20 Putnam Ave. in Brooklyn. For tickets and more information, visit here.