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 Fall 2021 Digital Season THE PLAGUE
American Premiere Adapted by Neil Bartlett From La Peste by Albert Camus Directed by Charles McMahon
STREAMING ON DEMAND October 7 - November 21, 2021 "What a story... chilling and contemporary." –London Evening Standard "An ingenious update of Camus' chilling fable... A compelling 90-minute experience." –The Guardian
Infection, quarantine, panic, and closed borders are invoked in this sharp adaptation of Camus' masterful novel La Peste, originally written following World War II to serve as a political warning to future generations about fascism. Bartlett's compelling drama is all the more startling for how contemporary and timeless the action plays out on the stage: "How would I react if the plague came for me?" This American premiere production was filmed at St. Stephen's Theater in Center City Philadelphia in July 2021, with strict adherence to all CDC, state, and local health and safety guidelines. WATCH THE TRAILER
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Kirk Wendell Brown as Grand •
Peter DeLaurier as Jean Tarrou •
J Hernandez as Raymond Rambert •
Anthony Lawton as Dr. Rieux •
Amanda Schoonover as Cottard
THE CREATIVE TEAM
James F. Pyne, Jr., Scenic Designer •
Leigh Ivory Clark Paradise, Costume Designer •
Shon Causer, Lighting Designer •
Christopher Colucci, Sound Designer & Composer •
Isabella Gill-Gomez, Associate Lighting Designer •
Hannah Spear, Assistant Director •
Rebecca Smith, Associate Producer
Header Photo: Lawrence Stallings in the world premiere of Me and the Devil (2021); Anthony Lawton and Dave Johnson in Travesties (2022); Melissa Rakiro and Joanna Liao in Twelfth Night (2023); and Paul L. Nolan, Sally Mercer, and Charles McMahon in Copenhagen (2018). Photos by Mark Garvin.
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