Saint Joan
By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Susan Kosoff
October 31 – November 30, 2008
Born nearly 600 years ago, Joan of Arc was, perhaps, the world’s first feminist teen rebel. She bucked against all the conventions of the Middle Ages, didn’t hesitate to speak her mind, wore men’s clothes, led the fight to drive the English out of France—and was burned at the stake before she reached the age of 20. Writing shortly after her canonization in 1920, Shaw set out to dispel the swirling mists of legend, romance, and melodrama with which he felt Joan’s extraordinary story was obscured. His attempt to present the events and personages of her life—as he both understood and imagined them to be—in a more realistic fashion did not find universal favor among historians, but produced what many consider to be his greatest play. In Saint Joan, Shaw claimed, there are no villains—only individuals, like himself, engaged in impassioned pursuit of their own partial perceptions of the truth.
CAST
Robert de Baudricourt – Cliff Odle
Steward – Alan White
Joan – Andrea Ross*
Bertrand de Poulengey – Brian Quint
Archbishop of Rheims – James Bodge*
La Trémouille, Constable of France – Dale Place*
Court Page – Kenny Steven Fuentes
Gilles de Rais (Bluebeard) – Jonathan Overby
Captain La Hire – Gerard Slattery
The Dauphin, Charles VII – Shelley Bolman*
Duchesse de la Trémouille – Dosha Ellis Beard
Lady of the Court – Chelsea Brannon
Dunois, Bastard of Orleans – De’Lon Grant
Dunois’ Page – Cameron VanderWerf
Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick – Bill Mootos*
Chaplain de Stogumber – Luis Negron
Peter Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais – Dan Dowling, Jr.*
The Inquisitor – Neil Gustafson*
D’Estivet – Marc Harpin
De Courcelles – Eric Hamel
Brother Martin Ladvenu – Stephen M. Key
*Denotes Member of Actors’ Equity Association
CREATIVE
Scenic Designer – Anita Fuchs
Director – Susan Kosoff
Lighting Designer – Scott Clyve
Costume Designer – Matthew T. Lazure
Composer/Sound Designer – Dewey Dellay
Production Stage Manager – Lindsay D. Garofolo
*Denotes Member of Actors’ Equity Association
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Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan’ for a new age
- Study Guide (Document Forthcoming)
- Program Booklet
Rehearsal & Behind the Scenes photos
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