Welcome to the Kyoto Conference Centre, December 11, 1997. The nations of the world are in deadlock. Time is running out and a climate change agreement feels a world away. The greatest obstacle: American oil lobbyist and master strategist, Don Pearlman…
Direct from critically acclaimed, sold-out productions in Stratford-upon-Avon and London’s West End, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Good Chance production of Kyoto, written by Good Chance Theatre Artistic Directors and playwrights Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson (The Jungle), is a sharp, searing political thriller dramatizing the moment all nations tried to set aside their differences for the sake of the earth.
Directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, this “gripping” (The Times), “extraordinarily funny” (Variety), and a “genuinely daring” (Evening Standard) “triumph” (Telegraph) play asks who gets to decide what’s worth saving when the entire planet is at risk - and what we’re willing to give up so we can move forward, together.
Kyoto makes its US premiere at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater, New York, from October to November 2025, with Tony Award-nominated actor Stephen Kunken reprising his celebrated role as oil lobbyist Don Pearlman.
Kyoto plays at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, New York
8 October - 30 November 2025
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Kyoto was commissioned by Good Chance and is presented by arrangement with Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance Theatre, Rachel Styne & Jessica Foung.
Kyoto is presented by Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E Newhouse by arrangement with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Good Chance, Rachel Styne & Jessica Foung.
