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1995-1996
Season
Victims of Duty
by Eugéne Ionescö
Directed by Shira Piven
With: Christopher Gerson,
Amy Landecker, Shelia-Marie Robinson, Michael Shannon
and Guy Van Swearingen.
Victims of Duty opens as Choubert, the archetypal bourgeois
everyman, and his wife Madeleine are spending a quiet evening
at home. Their tranquillity is interrupted when the Detective,
who is trying to track down Mallot, the previous tenant of
their flat, arrives and calls on Choubert to aide his search.
What ensues is a roller-coaster ride of high comedy and horrific
tragedy as Choubert examines his past, present, and future
to figure out exactly where Mallot could be hiding.
Written in 1952, Ionesco's Victims of Duty exploits the noir
detective formulas of its time as it explores the enigmatic
process of establishing a personal identity in the modern
world. Director Piven teams up once again with A Red Orchid
Theatre to bring this insightful and provocative work to the
stage.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
by Herman Wouk
Directed by Wilson Milam
With: Frank Dominelli,
Lawrence Grimm, Gordon Gillespie, Steve Juergens, Tracy Letts,
Jeff Mangrum, Joan O'Connell, Matt Scharff, Jeff Still, Guy
Van Swearingen, Doug Vickers and Benjamin Werling.
The trial of Lieutenant Stephen Maryk, who has been charged
with unlawfully seizing control of the U.S.S. Caine from Captain
Philip Queeg while the ship was in the midst of a harrowing
typhoon. Maryk's defense hinges on one elusive question: Was
Captain Queeg mentally fit to navigate the ship through the
storm to safety, or was Maryk's decision to take the helm
the only chance for the crew's survival? Throughout the course
of the testimony, Wouk's contemporary morality tale attempts
to find the line between discipline and compulsion, fear and
paranoia, valor and shame.
The Questioning of Nick3
by Arthur Kopit
Directed Richard Cotovsky
Canus Lunis Balloonis*
(World Premiere)
by Chris Stolte
Directed by Richard Cotovsky
*received Joseph Jefferson citation for Best New Work, and
nomination for Best Ensemble
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