THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH

July 10 – August 10, 2008
  • By Thornton Wilder
  • Directed by Rahaleh Nassri
  • THE GONDA THEATRE at Georgetown University’s Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center

The Antrobus Family has seen it all: war, plague, ice age, flood and even more war. This three act classic written by the same author who revolutionized American Theater with Our Town, shows the resiliency of the human race as it faces over and over again disasters both natural and man made. Rorschach Theatre brings to life Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning comedy about the end of the world.

SEASON 8 was sponsored in part by Mark & Cindy Aron, The Dobranski Foundation and Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny.

“They’ve blown the dust off this one. As Nassri’s gang renders it, Wilder’s drama feels like the granddaddy of the edgy material Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has been doing for years, finding loopy ways to goof off and then land hard.”

The Washington Post

FEATURING

Cesar A. Guadamuz
Scott McCormick
Yasmin Tuazon
J.J. Area
Wyckham Avery
Zehra Fazal
Matt MacNelly
Becky Peters
Megan Reichelt
Jon Reynolds
Jjana Valentiner
Simone Zvi

Designers

Set Robbie Hayes
Costumes Debra Kim Sivigny
Lighting Brian Allard
Sound Veronica Lancaster
Props Suzen Mason(Props)

STAFF

Stage Manager Colin Grube

PRODUCERS

Randy Baker
Jenny McConnell Frederick
Associate Producers David C. Ghatan, Debra Kim Sivigny, Catherine Tripp

MEDIA

PRESS

"The cast is largely first-rate, anchored by a commanding performance from Scott McCormick as Mr. Antrobus, the patriarch of our starring family, and enhanced by the appealing Cesar A. Guadamuz, who gets the first act’s over-the-top tone just right and adjusts with subtlety when his character is awarded more dimensions as the show goes on."
DCist
"McCormick portrays the father figure with a self-assurance and swagger. Whether he’s right, wrong, just, unfair, sporting Spitzer-like arrogance, or humble-pie humility, McCormick carries it all and is exciting to watch.

Wyckham Avery as his Edith Bunker-like wife seems to acquiesce, twisting and turning to his every whim, but shows glimmers of reinforced steely strength when you least expect it-one can only pity the fool who dares to mess with her family. Cesar A. Guadamuz plays Henry, whose original and official name is apparently Cain, replete with plenty of underlying hints about his tendency to throw rocks at people in uncontrolled rage, so you know where this is going.

Simone Zvi plays the dutiful though precocious daughter Gladys, and Jjana Valentiner rounds out the cast in the pivotal role of Sabina, with a bright-eyed appeal."
DC Theatre Scene