ARCADIA - by Tom Stoppard
Performance dates - January 25, 26, 27, February 1, 2, 3, 2008
SYNOPSIS
This play moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord Byron. This brilliant play moves smoothly between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between classical and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive influence of sex on our life orbits the attraction Newton left out. "Pure entertainment for the heart, mind, soul.... The best Broadway play for many, many a season. It is a work shot through with fun, passion and, yes, genius." N.Y. Post. "Stoppard's richest, most ravishing comedy to date, a play of wit, intellect, language, brio and ... emotion. It's like a dream of levitation: you're instantaneously aloft, soaring, banking, doing loop the loops.... The playwright is a daredevil pilot who's steady at the controls." N.Y. Times. "Full of complex ideas and pleasures one expects from this master of dramatic composition." Time Out. "A dazzling exposition of epigrammatic wit." Daily Express. Winner of the 1995 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play and the 1994 Olivier Award.
CAST
1809: Thomasina ..... Sarah Marx Septimus ..... Sasha Bratt Jellaby ..... Al Golden Chater ..... Clyde Wright Noakes ..... Michael Gilmore Lady Croom ..... Janet VA Replogle Brice ..... Eric Henry Present day: Hannah ..... Leta Hall Chloe ..... Erin Stansfield Bernard ..... Dan Lavanga Valentine ..... Patrick Miller Gus ..... Alex Garretson
PRODUCTION STAFF
Producer ..... Elaine Hoover Director ..... David Levin AD ..... Peter Caress other AD ..... Art Salwin Stage Manager
..... Diane Pick Asst Stage Mgr
..... Nic Ruley
Set Designer ..... David Levin Master Carpenter
..... Eric Henry Lighting ..... Amy Narron Sound ..... Dan Bentz Props ..... Barbara Hazelett Props ..... Margie Henry
Costumes ..... Richard Battistelli prop crew ..... Paula Cook prop crew ..... Fran Levin construction crew
..... David Kaysen Program ..... Annette Kalicki Audition host
..... Nancy Jean Fox Audition host
..... Lew Hages House Manager
..... Gay Powell
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