| Centennial Park Bandshell |
| August 14 - September 7, 2008 |
| Thursday - Sunday 7:30PM |
| Labor Day Monday, Sept. 1 7:30PM |
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| Directed by Mark Cabus |
| Set Design by Jonathon Hammel |
| Costume Design by Billy Ditty |
| Lighting Design by Anne Willingham |
| Fight Choreography by Roy Cox |
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| Coriolanus |
Christopher Brown |
| Aufidius |
Kamal Bolden
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| Cominius |
Matthew Carlton* |
| Volumnia |
Rona Carter* |
| Virgilia |
Jamie Farmer* |
| Valeria |
Denice Hicks |
| Sicinius |
Jessejames Locorriere |
| Brutus |
Brenda Sparks* |
| Menenius |
Rodrikus Springfield |
| Titus Lartius |
Patrick Waller* |
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| The Byron & Beth Smith Apprentice Company |
| Jillian Frame, Lindsey Myrick, Maddie Hicks, Ashley White Brothers, Miranda Fisher, Emily Eytchison, Meredith Locke, J.R. Knowles, Matt Moynahan, Joseph Roberts, Kai Mote, Jesse Nangrud, Diego Gomez, Sam Spanjian, Brad Burns |
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| directed by Denice Hicks |
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| Troutt Theater |
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| January 15 - 31, 2009 |
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| Rehearsal Dec. 8, 2008 - Jan. 14, 2009 |
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| Callbacks will be in September - Date TBA |
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* Denotes Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States |
A note from the director of CORIOLANUS:
The play is about two circles. One circle inside of another. A circle within a circle. One circle is for security: To keep forces out. The other is also for security: To keep forces in. And these opposing forces keep the circles in place. And it is a world with no corners, enclosed unto itself. Without compromise. Some who live in this world venture beyond it, but most do not. Most, who live in the world that is the play, live in the city that are these circles.
So the play is also about a city. And if, as the playwright says, ” the people are the city” then it is a play about the people in it. And the people are uneasy. With themselves and
with the leaders of the city. For they are no longer satisfying. And the leaders are uneasy. With themselves and with the city. For it is no longer satisfying.
So the play is about two struggles. And the older struggle between those up above and those down below lives outside of a newer struggle between those that have been given power and those that gave it to them.
And caught in the center is a man. It is a play about him too. And he is like the circle within a circle. A world with no corners. Enclosed unto itself. Without compromise. And with him in this circle is his wife and his son. For he keeps them close.
But there is an outer circle too. A circle that contains all that went before: The people. And the leaders. And the city. And one more: His mother. She belongs to this outer circle too. The man is loyal to this circle. This outer circle. Even unto death. For he is a soldier. But he is not interested in the rest. The city. And the leaders. And the people. He is not interested because he thinks he is outside of it. He thinks he can hold one circle in place without the other.
And so the play is a tragedy. Because the man cannot succeed.
Mark Cabus
Director
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Christopher Brown as Coriolanus and Kamal Bolden as Aufidius
Photo by www.jefffrazier.com |
