The Silent Woman 02–03

The Shakespeare Theatre’s Artistic Director Michael Kahn directs a Washington, D.C. premiere of this wicked and elaborate farced called by the poet John Dryden the “most perfectly plotted of all comedies.” Audiences will remember our production of Jonson’s Volpone, winner of two Helen Hayes Awards. The Silent Woman is the story of aptly-named Morose, an old bachelor with a severe aversion to noise, who marries a “silent woman” to deny his nephew a substantial inheritance. When the quiet lady turns out to be anything but, the stage is set for gender-bending and boisterous antics. With biting wit and sharp satire, Jonson considers what it means to be a man, to be a woman, indeed to be human, but without voice. A recent audience favorite as part of the Shakespeare Theatre’s ReDiscovery series, this play roars with delicious surprise.

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View a program from the production.

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Scott Ferrara*
Ned Clarimont

Wyatt Fenner
A Boy

Daniel Breaker*
Truewit

Bruce Turk*
Sir Dauphine Eugenie

Floyd King*
Sir Amorous La Foole

Ted van Griethuysen*
Morose

Hugh Nees*
Mute, A Parson

John Livingstone Rolle*
Cutbeard

Ricki Robichaux*
Epicoene

Gregg Almquist*
Sir John Daw

David Sabin*
Tom Otter

Nancy Robinette*
Mistress Otter

Naomi Jacobson*
Madame Haughty

Nikki E. Walker*
Madame Centaur

Amanda Whiting
Mistress Dol Mavis

Scott Bellot, Allan Care, Dino Coppa, Celia Madeoy, Matthew Pendergast, Joe Tapper, Elliot C. Villar, Michael C. Wilson
Ensemble

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Michael Kahn
Director

Andrew Jackness
Set Designer

Murell Horton
Costume Designer

Christopher Akerlind
Lighting Designer

Catherine MacDonald
Composer

Martin Desjardins
Sound Designer

Ralph Zito
Voice and Text Coach

Mark Schneider
Assistant Director

Lorraine Ressegger
Fight Consultant

Brian Scott
Stage Manager

Brandon Prendergast
Assistant Stage Manager

Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter, Howard Meltzer, C.S.A.
Casting

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