MORE PLAYS WITH STUDENTS…

Sense & Sensibility

by Kate Hamill
based on the novel by Jane Austen

Sets by Em Allen
Costumes by Kat Karl
Props by Red Gudhe & Dakota Newark
Movement by Laila Perlman
Photos by Marc Garlasco and Jessica Scheno

The Merchant of Venice

Performed outdoors in a beautiful Maine summer, this production crashed the Venetian tradition of commedia dell’arte clown theater into Shakespeare’s play. With Shylock’s horned mask acting as a link between Shakespeare’s character and the commedia figure of Pantalone, we interrogated the ethics of performance; representations of Jewishness, class, gender, and sexuality; and the way comedy can slip inexorably into tragedy.

The 39 Steps

Adapted by Patrick Barlow
from the novel by John Buchan
from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock
and an original concept by Simon Corble & Nobby Dimon

At left:
The Professor, played by Eliza Hopkins.
The pistol, played by a piece of foamcore we stole from the lighting booth.
The cigar, played by a Pirouette cookie.

Produced by Stephanie Addenbrooke
Costumes by Ivy Sanders-Schneider
Photos by Liz Miles