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
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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