Ballroom Marfa, The Chinati Foundation and Lannan Foundation presented a week-long program of screenings and special events celebrating the work of acclaimed theater director André Gregory.

While in residence in Marfa, André Gregory performed Samuel Beckett’s Endgame with a small group of actors, artists, and designers. He also presented readings, talks, and screenings of his influential films My Dinner with Andre and Vanya on 42nd Street. Throughout the week, this series of events celebrated and examined in depth the work of one of America’s most influential and innovative stage directors.

Also participating in the program were long-time collaborators Eugene Lee, actors Gerry Bamman, Larry Pine, sound artist Bruce Odlen, and filmmaker Cindy Kleine. The program featured open rehearsals of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, a new production directed by Gregory, as well as a one-man performance, After Dinner with Andre, focusing on his distinguished 40 year career in the theatre.

Endgame by Samuel Beckett debuted in 1957 and is considered one of the author’s finest dramatic works and a masterpiece of modern theater. Since his controversial and critically acclaimed 1973 production, Andre Gregory has returned to the text every decade. As in the earlier production, actors Gerry Bammam and Larry Pine will again be featured. Gregory has said that when he began working on the text in the 1970’s it was a response to the Vietnam War. “Now it’s a response to a post 9/11 America and Bush Fascism. I am very intrigued about the ways in which fear is affecting our lives.”