 | |
| BY SUSAN GLASPELL | DIRECTED BY ALICE REAGAN |
Summary
Claire, along with Tom, Dick, and Harry, are locked inside Claire's greenhouse as she races to create a new botanical species, Breath of Life. Will Claire's new creation be her salvation? Who will she destroy in the process?
Performance Lab 115 strips Susan Glaspell's proto-feminist behemoth of a play in order to reveal the dark, dangerous soul of The Verge. In PL115's hands, this 1921 comedy of manners turns brutal and disturbing as Claire destroys everyone she loves in her quest to reach the essential in herself. This chamber piece dispenses with any sense of naturalism, locating the action in an all-white "harrowing room" where Claire's journey of self-discovery turns violent and mad.
Plays November 5 - 21 @ The Ontological Theater at St. Mark's Church
as part of the Fall 2009 Ontological-Hysteric Incubator
Tickets online at: www.ontological.com, or by phone: TheaterMania: 212.358.3101
Press
“[The Verge] is given full room to breathe by the director Alice Reagan and Performance Lab 115.”
Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times Read more...
“In mounting their version of this piece, Performance Lab 115 has brought to fruition a production that is boldly and disturbingly unique.”
Fred Backus, nytheatre.com Read more...
“[PL115] proves that Glaspell's most peculiar, elusive, moody work is also one of her most insistently complex.”
Leonard Jacobs, Backstage Read more...
“delightfully mad-eyed”
Helen Shaw, Time Out New York Read more...
Also check out The Brooklyn Rail's feature about Susan Glaspell.
People
- Directed by: Alice Reagan
- With:
- B. Brian Argotsinger*
- Sara Buffamanti*
- Todd d'Amour*
- Tuomas Hiltunen
- Rachel Jablin
- Rebecca Lingafelter*
- Set: Jennifer De Fouchier
- Video: Jeff Clarke
- Lights: Lucrecia Briceño
- Costumes: Stacey Berman
- Sound: Mark Valadez
- Assistant Director: Dara Malina
- Stage Manager: Liz Nielsen
Performances
> November 5-21, 2009
The Verge is produced in association with the Ontological-Hysteric Incubator.
Media
Production Photos
Click an image to enlarge
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
All photos copyright Sue Kessler.
Press Photos
Click an image to enlarge
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
To download a full-resolution JPEG that's fit for press usage, click on a thumbnail to enlarge it, then click on "view on flickr" above the image.
On the flickr page, click on "All Sizes" above the photo, then choose to download the original size (usually 3892 x 2586px).