by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Jeremy Skidmore
August 2005
In three short months, Oscar Wilde, the most celebrated playwright and wit of Victorian England, was toppled from the apex of British society into humiliation and ruin. Drawing from trial documents, newspaper accounts, and writings of the key players, Moises Kaufman ignites an incendiary mix of sex and censorship, with a cast of characters ranging from George Bernard Shaw to Queen Victoria herself.
Cast
Oscar Wilde Cooper D’Ambrose
Moises Kauffman/ Share/ Narrator #5 Kevin Boggs
Carsen/ Victoria/ 2nd Trial Judge Chance Carroll
Clarke/ Narrator #6 Chris Davenport
Charles Parker/ Frank Harris/ Narrator #3 Jason Lott
Sidney Marvor/ 1st Trial Judge/ Willie/ Narrator #4 Eric Messner
Queensberry/ Gill/ Narrator #8 Scott McCormick
Alfred Douglass/ Narrator #7 Andrew Pasides
Fred Atkins/ Lockwood/ Wright/ Narrator #2 Alexander Strain
Wood/ Sahw/ 3rd Trial Judge/ Narrator #1 Grady Weatherford
Taylor/ Share/ Narrator #5 Dan Via Marvin
Production Team
Director Jeremy Skidmore
Assistant Director Colin Hovde
Stage Manager Brooke Marshal
Technical Director Tim Getman
Dialect Coach Jennifer Mendenhall
Scenic Designer Jacob Muehlhausen
Lighting Designer Andrew Cissna
Costume Designer Erin Nugent
Assistant Costume Designer Anne McCormally
Sound Designer Brian Richards
Properties Designer Suzen Mason
Master Electrician Sarah LaRue
Sound Board Operator Hilary Trudell
Press
What They Say
“Skidmore’s concept makes the proceedings all the more compelling. He and the set designer, Jacob Muehlhausen, transform the Playhouse space into an arena. On all four sides the audience sits, two rows deep: We’re members of the jury. All the court’s a stage, it seems, and all the litigants merely players.”
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