The Lehman Trilogy

2022 TONY AWARD FOR BEST PLAY "Genuinely epic…behold it with wonder" NEW YORK TIMES "Theatre at its best" THE TIMES, LONDON "Its theatricality is utterly astonishing" THE GUARDIAN "A dazzling piece of storytelling" TIME OUT, LONDON On a cold September morning in 1844, Heyam, a young man from Bavaria stands on a New York dockside dreaming of a new life in the new world. He is soon joined by Mendel and Mayer, and the Lehman brothers’ journey begins. The growth of global capitalism exposes the fault lines of the American dream. The Lehman brothers’ rise from shopkeepers to bankers, from obscurity to prominence, navigating the Civil War, the Great Depression, and generations of ethical dilemmas. It is an epic journey, an epic play, and a theatrical tour de force. The Belfry offers pay-what-you-want tickets to all performances.