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From award winning writer-director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes a speculative, sweeping, and musical retelling of the extraordinary story of Ann Lee, founder of the religious sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award-nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shakers’ irrepressible leader—who espoused gender and social equality while believing herself to be the female incarnation of Christ.
The Testament of Ann Lee thrillingly imagines the ecstasy and agony of Ann Lee and her followers’s conviction and commitment to her own vision of utopia. More than a dozen traditional Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs & score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).
Reviews
"On paper, this might all sound quite bloodless and conceptual. In practice, it has an earnest, full-hearted sweep, in large part thanks to a performance of redoubtable commitment and nerve-deep feeling by Amanda Seyfried — far from the musical terrain of either Mamma Mia! or Les Misérables, but fully in command of her gifts — in the title role." – Variety
As part of our See Change initiative, we strive to showcase the work of women and non-binary individuals and their behind-the-scenes involvement in a production.
This film is written, directed, and produced by Mona Fastvold, edited by Sofía Subercaseaux, and produced by Viktória Petrányi, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, and Lillian LaSalle.
All showtimes are at the Dundee – Peggy Payne theater unless otherwise noted.
