THE SHOW

April 12-May 6, 2012

by ROBERT FORD

directed by KEVIN CHRISTOPHER FOX

FINALIST FOR THE 2011 EDGAR AWARD

From TheatreSquared Artistic Director Robert Ford, and Sundown Town director Kevin Christopher Fox, a new mystery spanning two centuries.  In this "haunting dreamscape of a play" (Theatre Montgomery), an escaped slave risks her freedom to confront Edgar Allan Poe in his final days.  Centuries later, a celebrated architect on trial for a fatal fire finds clues to an undiscovered past in a lost manuscript of Poe's final work.  The newest play by Robert Ford, premiered at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, reveals the desperate bargains we make for love.

"An intricate and fascinating work of art... you will hang on every word." – Becca Martin Brown, What's Up!Full review >

Read the Playwright's Note >"I don't want to give anything away, but here are three, I hope, helpful considerations..."

CAST AND TEAMS

CAST

CHRISTY HALL Janis Berry

LESLIE ANN SHEPPARD* Munny

STEVEN MARZOLF* Edgar, Judge, Social Worker

LAURA SHATKUS Eliza, Wilson, Lucy

JOHN T. SMITH David, Jack, Cage

E.J. OGBEIDE Young Janis, Linney

CREATIVE

KEVIN CHRISTOPHER FOX+ Director

ANNA LUCIA DEDE PANKEN Stage Manager

SARAH E. ROSS Scenic Designer

SHAWN D. IRISH Lighting Designer

EMILY WAECKER Costume Designer

CHRISTOPHER KRIZ++ Original Music and Sound Design

JOSH TILLOTSON Production Head

NATHAN SCHEUR Assistant Scenic Designer

SANDRA BUNCH Assistant Lighting Designer

STEWART FONT Assistant Sound Designer

TODD TAYLOR Dramaturg

EMILY BOHANNAN Assistant Stage Manager