The Oldest Boy (James McMullan)

Sarah Ruhl’s 'The Oldest Boy' arrived Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater in 2014, standing as an acclaimed, visually magnificent highlight of the contemporary theatrical season. The spiritually charged, textually rich family drama tracks an ordinary American mother and her Tibetan husband whose stable household enters an existential crisis when two Buddhist monks arrive at their home, announcing that their three-year-old son is actually the reincarnation of a revered spiritual master. Directed by Rebecca Taichman with breathtaking puppetry designs, the production featured an elite company, beautifully accompanied by the art of James McMullan.