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Charles Sohn as The Marquis de Sade,
Stacie Stocker as Charlotte Corday
and Franc Gaxiola as Jean-Paul Marat |
2004-2005
AZ Tribune's Best
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
by Peter Weiss
English version by Geoffrey Skelton
Verse adaptation by Adrian Mitchell
Directed by Wes Martin
September 24 - October 9, 2004
Tony Winner Best Play 1966
"... packed with emotionalism and power..."
--Chris Curcio, Arizona Republic
"... perfectly creepy."
--Robert Pela, Phoenix New Times
"... Martin is right on..."
--Mark S.P. Turvin, goldfishpublishers.com
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Charles Sohn as The Marquis de Sade
and Stacie Stocker as Charlotte Corday |
Between 1797 and 1811, the director of the Charenton Asylum near Paris established regular theatrical entertainments in his clinic as part of the therapeutic treatment of his patients. The Marquis de Sade, an inmate of Charenton from 1803 until his death in 1814, wrote and directed many of these entertainments, and it became fashionable in Paris to visit the asylum, as much to watch the antics of the lunatics as to watch their performances Peter Weiss' Tony-winning drama, with its cast of sociopaths, schizophrenics, and narcoleptics, is a wild celebration of insanity, a terrifying pageant bursting with color and music.
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Franc Gaxiola stars as French Revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat
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Cast
Marquis de Sade - Charles Sohn
Jean-Paul Marat - Franc Gaxiola
Charlotte Corday - Stacie Stocker
Herald - Rob Evans
Jacques Roux - Greg Hynes
Duperret - Kane Anderson
Simonne Evrard - Annie Erickson
Coulmier - Mitch Etter
Madame Coulmier - Tracy Dugger
Coulmier's Daughter - Penny
Cucurucu - David A. Lucas
Kokol - Wolfram Ott
Polpoch - Kyle Whitney
Rossignol - Maryann Martin
Nurses - Peter and Paul Rivan
Patient(s) - Kris Bonenfant, Mark Broadley, Bambi Gillette, Rebecca Hibbert, Mona Nigohossian, George Spelvin, and Dan Stroud
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