THE STRINDBERG PLAYS
TWO 19TH CENTURY PLAYS BY AUGUST STRINDBERG IN REPERTORY
TWO 19TH CENTURY PLAYS BY AUGUST STRINDBERG IN REPERTORY
January 15 – March 10, 2019
at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater
DANCE OF DEATH
BY AUGUST STRINDBERG
IN A NEW VERSION BY CONOR MCPHERSON
DIRECTED BY VICTORIA CLARK
MIES JULIE
BY YAËL FARBER
ADAPTED FROM THE PLAY MISS JULIE BY AUGUST STRINDBERG
DIRECTED BY SHARIFFA ALI
ABOUT THE PLAYS
MIES JULIE
Farber’s fierce adaptation of Strindberg’s MISS JULIE resets the classic play to a farmhouse in the Karoo of South Africa on the evening of the annual Freedom Day celebration. When the white Afrikaans landowner’s daughter, Julie, falls for her father’s charismatic Xhosa farm laborer, John, their erotic evening together erupts into a brutal battle fueled by gender, race, power, and ancestral domain.
Please be advised this production is recommended for ages 18+. It contains nudity as well as graphic depictions of sex and sexual violence, which some may find triggering. Haze & strobe effects.
Running Time: 75 mins, no intermission.
DANCE OF DEATH
Retired military man Edgar and his wife Alice have given up on any semblance of civility toward each other on the threshold of their 25th wedding anniversary. Due to their isolation, however, they are as codependent as they are hateful. Seething with cruelty, and punctuated by absurdity and humor, Strindberg’s electrifying play was ages ahead of its time in its bleak examination of marriage and the social institutions governing it.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
Vinie Burrows
Patrice Johnson Chevannes
Elise Kibler
James Udom
Cassie Beck
Christopher Innvar
Rich Topel
THE CREATIVE TEAM OF DANCE OF DEATH
David L. Arsenault, Scenic Design
Tricia Barsamian, Costume Designer
Stacey Derosier, Lighting Designer
Quentin Chiappetta, Sound Designer
Jeff Blumenkrantz, Original Music
Alicia Rodis and Claire Warden, Fight and Intimacy Direction
Telsey + Company, Casting
Roxana Khan, Production Stage Manager
Janella Caso, Assistant Stage Manager
THE CREATIVE TEAM OF MIES JULIE
David L. Arsenault, Scenic Design
Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene and Andrew Moerdyk, Costume Designers
Stacey Derosier, Lighting Designer
Quentin Chiappetta, Sound Designer
Andrew Orkin, Original Music
Alicia Rodis and Claire Warden, Fight and Intimacy Direction
Barbara Rubin, Dialect Coach
Telsey + Company, Casting
Roxana Khan, Production Stage Manager
Katelynn Cooper, Assistant Stage Manager
