This holiday season in local theater has brought noticeably fewer Christmas shows than in the past. Whether in response to the country’s political climate or by coincidence, most of the theaters in Northern Delaware are skipping the sleigh bells and carols in favor of productions that capture the feel of the season without trumpeting Christmas....
You might have heard about Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s “1984” on Broadway this summer, a version so graphic that people reportedly vomited and passed out during shows. Chapel Street Players aren’t doing that version, which just ended its Broadway run. They’re doing an adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian horror story by Robert Owens. Wilton E....
Chapel Street Players launch their 83rd season with 1984, the powerful and disturbingly provocative dystopian tale of a world ruthlessly controlled by a totalitarian government. Based on George Orwell’s chilling classic novel, 1984, adapted for the stage by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall, and William A. Miles, Jr., is a horrifying view of a society...
submitted By Anthony Renaldi The Pillowman, is a 2003 play in three acts by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. This black comedy tells the story of Katurian (Jimmy Van Buren), an amoral writer of fiction, who lives in an unnamed totalitarian state and who is interrogated regarding the gruesome content of his short stories because they...
By Mike Logothetis Somewhere at the confluence of Poe, Kafka and Tarantino lies Martin McDonagh’s spellbinding play,The Pillowman. While some would label this as black comedy, I believe it is more dramatic realism. The feelings I had when processing the Chapel Street Players production on my walk home from the theater dealt more with unhealthy...
“The Pillowman,” Chapel Street Players’ final production of the ‘16-’17 season is not for the faint of heart. Simply put, it’s a black comedy about child abuse and child murder, detached from the real world with a futuristic police state setting. It’s a strange, twisted journey where fiction and reality blur, a horror story that...
Oct 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 @8pm / Oct 8 @2pm / 2017 written by George Orwell adpated by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall Jr. & William A. Miles Jr. directed by Judith A. David asst’ directed by Susan Boudreaux with the acting talents of Jason Beil, Brooks Black, Patrick Cathcart, Danielle Jackomin, Zachary Jackson,...
Dec 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 @8pm / Dec 3, 10 @2pm / 2017 book by John Gordon music & lyrics by Clark Gesner directed by Jeff Robleto music directed by William Fellner choreographed by Dona Marie Pizzo with the acting talents of Katie Brady, Will Bryant, Caitlin Custer, Rebecca Gallatin, Gabby Rambo and...
Feb 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 @8pm / Feb 11 @2pm / 2018 written by Arthur Miller directed by Ray Barto with the acting talents of Curtis King, Bob Barto, Cindy Starcher and Dan Tucker
