Show image by Graham Emmons
Actual run: February 20 - March 12, 2020 - final 3 performances canceled due to the outbreak of COVID-19
In 17th century Paris, the rich live in a different world from the poor, and women of all classes live on the whims of men. But poison is the secret lubrication on the gears of Paris society: poison-makers are the favorite artisans of the rich and their laboratories the only places where women from all levels of society meet. Madame Bosse could have been a great doctor, but instead must make poisons to feed her family. Monsieur Reynie, Paris’s chief of police, claims to only want justice, but their battle of will and wit will expose the truth: that justice is only for the rich and powerful.
CREATIVES:
DIRECTOR - Christina Casano
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - Ben Kaye
PLAYWRIGHT - Dusty Wilson
PRODUCTION MANAGER - Gregory Peters
DRAMATURG - Becky Bishop
SET DESIGNER - Christina Casano
COSTUME DESIGNER - Emma Cullimore
COSTUME DESIGNER ASSISTANT - Allyson Leisure
LIGHTING DESIGNER - Michelle Benda
SOUND DESIGNER - Isaac Mandel
VIOLENCE & INTIMACY DESIGN - Lana Whittington
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - Reagan James
STAGE MANAGER - Lili Bjorklund
CAST:
MARIE BOSSE - Carina Lastimosa
MARGOT VIGOREAUX - Lynnette Li
MARGUERITE DE POULAILLON - Brittani Yawn
CATHERINE MONVOISIN - Julia Stemper
GABRIEL NICHOLAS DE LA REYNIE - Bryan Breau
ATHENAIS ROCHECHOUART - Sarah Bruce
U/S BOSSE - Elaina Henderson
U/S VIGOREAUX/ATHENAIS - Cat McKay
U/S POULAILLON/VOISIN - Becca Braun
U/S REYNIE - Stephen McClure
Press:
Chicago Reader
”… there’s something wickedly satisfying and elegantly badass about artistic depictions of women dispensing revenge with perfume-like vials of death.”
”Christina Casano’s production for The Plagiarists keeps the grisly consequences of its protagonists’ actions at arm’s length for the most part, focusing instead on their justifications and nights spent spritzing toxic plants in a sparse but romantic hamlet tucked on the outskirts of society.”
Photos by Joe Mazza
