KIT MARLOWE

KIT MARLOWE

October 25 - December 2, 2007
  • by David Grimm
  • Directed by Jessie R Gallogly
  • THE SANCTUARY THEATRE at Casa Del Pueblo Calvary Methodist Church

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.

“Kit Marlowe flies, with scenes intercutting each other with such facility that they conjure up images of a circus act, with high-wire acrobats.”

DC Theatre Scene

FEATURING

William Aitken
Tony Bullock
John Brennan
Matt Dunphy
Lee Ordeman
Adam Jonas Segaller
Nick Stevens
Josh Sticklin
Jesse Terrill
Reece Thornbery

Designers

Set Eric Grims
Lighting David C. Ghatan
Costumes Emily Dere
Sound Veronica Lancaster
Props Heather Gaither

STAFF

Stage Manager Katherine A. Keogh
ASM Cynthia Caul 
Fight Choreography Casey Kaleba 
Dramaturg Rachel Miller 
Asst. Dramaturg Cynthia Caul
Asst. Set Design Andrew Berry

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick

MEDIA

PRESS

“Kit Marlowe flies, with scenes intercutting each other with such facility that they conjure up images of a circus act, with high-wire acrobats… Segaller is fabulous in the title role: his Marlowe is a man who is constantly giving the whole world a sloppy wet kiss. He may affect cynicism, and he may be cruel, but Segaller’s Marlowe is at all times a huge engine of life, joy and laughter, and there is not a moment in which it seems less than authentic. Indeed, his performance makes me remember the young Tim Curry, playing Mozart in Amadeus thirty years ago. It is that good… The rest of the cast measures up to this incredible work.”
DC Theatre Scene
"Grimm is working with meaty material here, and the twisting, delving plot is one of Kit Marlowe’s greatest strengths. We’re immediately embroiled in the intrigue of Marlowe’s underground world, and the work has plenty of swashbuckling action, horrifying torture, and yes, unapologetic male nudity, to hold our attention, even when it’s running a little long. Grimm smartly sets up Marlowe to be an embodiment of many of his famous characters, from Faust to Tamburlaine, and the story has some credible surprises up its sleeve to boot."
DCist
“As the title character in David Grimm’s “Kit Marlowe,” Adam Jonas Segaller makes a most memorable entrance. Wearing not a stitch of Elizabethan garb, he swings onstage from a rope and then raucously wrestles an uptight (and fully-clothed) admirer to the ground, playfully pins him, then appears to grind a bit before reluctantly setting him loose. With a sparkle in his eye and a mischievous smile, Segaller charismatically assays the Marlowe of legend — free spirit, sexual outlaw, ambitious bounder, brilliant dramatist and spy.”
Washington Blade
“Oh, but when it is high, the pleasure level of this production is sky high and it never is less than interesting as it works its way through a modern writer’s speculations on the mysteries surrounding the short life and violent death of the man who may have passed on the concept of the history play to Shakespeare who gave us all those Henrys and Richards. Bringing the swashbuckling adventurer to lusty life is Adam Jonas Segaller, who makes his Potomac Region debut in a most memorable way, bursting on stage stark naked and dripping wet, swinging from a rope fresh from a dip in the foul, fetid Thames. ”
Potomac Stages