The Illusion

PLAYWRIGHT
Tony Kushner

DIRECTOR
Weir Harman

September 11 – October 18, 2000

Gut-busting, in-your-face comedy!

SYNOPSIS

A dominant figure in seventeenth-century French theater. Pierre Corneille Created over thirty dramatic works including The Illusion written in 1635. Corneille later characterized the play as a strange monster, bizarre and extravagant. In The Illusion, Corneille fuses the of the artist with that of the sorcerer and sparks a lively debate on the nature of the theater itself that remains both provocative and timely. 

Commissed to adapt The Illusion. Playwright Tony Kushner became enamored with Corneille’s stark depiction of the darkness that haunts the play’s many varieties of passionate love. Kushner’s treatment of Corneille’s text highlights  the risks that accompany affairs of the heart. Its asks us, as Alcandre asks Pridamant, to consider what is real in this world and not seeming? 

“ALL THE MORE POWERFUL FOR BEING SO FEARLESSLY UNPREDICTABLE.”

– Los Angeles TIMES

“SEARING AND SENSATIONALLY FUNNY!”

– New York Times

“EXPLOSIVE. INSANELY ENTERTAINING AND COMPLETELY ENGAGING.”

– New York Magazine

Cast & Creative Team

Theo Harness

Alcandre

Maurice Ralston

Pridamant

Caleb Clark

Actor five

COREY J. FINLEY

PETER UNDERSTUDY

ABBEY KINCHELOE

LYDIA UNDERSTUDY

JESSE SMITH

COACH UNDERSTUDY

PLAYWRIGHT

Tony Kushner

DIRECTOR

Weir Harman

SCENIC DESIGNER

Alexander Dodge

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Judy Zanotti

COSTUME DESIGNER

Kristin Smith

Sound Designer

JIll Melancon

PROPERTIES DESIGNER/ SET DECORATOR

NICK BATTAGLIA

Stage Manager

Joan Foster McMarty

INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER

ASH ANDERSON

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

WHITNEY NELSON

Stage Manager

Joan Foster McMarty

PRODUCTION MANAGER

SEAMUS M. BOURNE

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

D. CONNOR MCVEY

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

ENGLISH BRACKETT

PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN

TOM PRIESTER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

ELIZA CRAFT

CASTING DIRECTOR

SHEILA OLIVER

CASTING ASSOCIATE

JUSTIN KALIN

CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST

AMANDA NERBY

WIG DESIGNER

LAMONT SAMUELS

RUNNING TIME

Two hours with one intermission

CONTENT ADVISORY

Audience Advisory: This production contains full nudity, strong adult language and descriptions and depictions of sensitive and intense issues and situations. For more detailed information about potential trigger warnings, please click HERE

SEATING

There is open seating for this production.

PERFORMANCES

Previews

May 12 & 13 at 8 pm

Opening Night

May 14 at 8 pm

Regular Performances

May 14 – June 12, 2022
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm

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