Mrs. Warren’s Profession 0910

“Alluring. Stage vet Elizabeth Ashley…does pleasurable justice to one of Shaw’s more decadent creations.”
The Washington Post

“As poignant an assessment of Mrs. Warren’s Profession as I can remember.”
Washington City Paper

“Elizabeth Ashley…is delicious as the matriarchal madam.
When Ashley’s on stage, she rules.”
Washingtonian

Originally banned from the stage, Mrs. Warren’s Profession scandalized audiences upon its debut. The world of the idealistic Vivie is turned upside down when she learns that her family’s considerable wealth comes from her mother’s management of a chain of brothels. Is Mrs. Warren’s profession an outrageous moral failure or a paragon of female achievement? STC favorite Elizabeth Ashley (The Little Foxes, Sweet Bird of Youth) returns to Washington to play the resourceful Mrs. Warren. Director Keith Baxter’s comedies have been hailed by the Washington City Paper as “splendiferous” (Lady Windermere’s Fan) and “hiccup-inducing hilarious” (The Imaginary Invalid).

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View a program from the production.

 

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Amanda Quaid*
Vivie Warren

Elizabeth Ashley*
Mrs. Warren

Ted van Griethuysen*
Mr. Praed

Andrew Boyer*
Sir George Crofts

Tony Roach*
Frank Gardner

David Sabin*
The Rev. Samuel Gardner

Caitlin Diana Doyle
Young Kitty Vavasour

Kenneth Cavett*, Michael Grew, Ben Loving, David Joseph Regelmann⁺
Cockney Bruisers

Meredith Burns⁺, Charlie Francis Murphy⁺, Patrick Vaill⁺
Ensemble
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Keith Baxter
Director

 

Simon Higlett

Set Designer

 

Robert Perdziola

Costume Designer

 

Peter West

Lighting Designer

 

Kim D. Sherman

Composer, Arranger and Musical Director

 

Martin Desjardins

Sound Designer

 

Karma Camp

Choreographer

 

Ellen O’Brien

Voice and Dialect Coach

 

Paul Huntley

Miss Ashley’s Wig Designer

 

Anne Nesmith

Wig and Facial Hair Designer

 

Jenny Lord

Assistant Director

 

Akiva Fox

Literary Associate

 

Brandon Prendergast*

Production Stage Manager

 

Benjamin Royer*

Assistant Stage Manager

 

Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter and Paul Hardt

Casting

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