THE HAIRY APE
July 9 – July 25, 1999
- by Eugene O'Neill
- Directed by Jason Gots
- THE GOLDMAN THEATER at the DCJCC
Part of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s MARLOWE FESTIVAL
Hungry for adventure and a way to make his mark, Christopher Marlowe becomes a spy for a dark wing of the British government. Set in the seedy underworld of Elizabethan England, the story charts the meteoric rise and fall of Kit Marlowe—playwright, poet, spy and sexual outlaw. Rorschach delves into a world of intrigue and espionage, where spies are betrayed by the very government they serve.
KIT MARLOWE was sponsored in part by Jeffery P. Cunard and Mary Abbajay & Chris Marlow.
SEASON 8 was sponsored in part by Mark & Cindy Aron, The Dobranski Foundation and Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny.
“The brand-new Rorschach Theatre makes an impressive debut with a raw, muscular production of Eugene O’Neill’s THE HAIRY APE… The primal energy and intensity of the performances and staging keep the momentum lurching forward like a berserk monster.
Placing the audience on the stage brings you face-to-dirty-face with Yank’s hell. You don’t just watch, for example, the dramatic stoking of the furnace; it rings in your ears and rumbles in your chest. The production rages and bellows frequently when you expect it, but just as often when you don’t…”
FEATURING
Eric Bloom
Colleen Delaney
Morey Kogul
Walker Lambert
Andrew Price
Michael Skinner
Patrick Trainor
Grady Weatherford
Designers
Set Jordana Adelman
Lighting Eric Grims
Costumes Linda Chittick
Sound Peter Fox
Props Samantha Aron & Stacy Mancine
PRODUCERS
Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick
