by Joe Penhall
Directed by Jeremy Skidmore
May 2007
In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator—a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. This is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service.
Cast
Bruce Aubrey Deeker
Christopher Cedric Mays
Robert Michael Tolaydo
Production Team
Director Jeremy Skidmore
Assistant Director Jenn John
Stage Manager Jessie Gallogly
Lighting Designer Andrew Cissna
Costume Designer Erin Nugent
Sound Designer Mark Anduss
Master Electrician Nick John
Properties Designer Suzanne Maloney
Dialect Coach Jennifer Mendenhall
Dramaturg Jaqueline Lawton
Press
What They Say
“As such clash-of-wills dramas tend to be, this one is a fairly juicy cut for pliable actors. Jeremy Skidmore’s production at Theater Alliance is most effectively a showcase for the skills of Tolaydo, who successfully wraps manipulative, bullying Robert in the placid lab coat of a passive-aggressive bureaucrat.”
“Director Jeremy Skidmore has also collaborated in fine performances by Deeker and Tolaydo, who in this play show unerring instincts for good dramatic choices. Deeker did some difficult transitions gracefully, and Tolaydo sufficiently stuffed his fierce and ruthless character – a medical Idi Amin, perhaps – with charm and good humor, thus adding to his dangerousness.”
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