Bonjour,
We’re excited to tell you about our next show—the last production for this year: Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman. This award-winning drama is a suspenseful thriller that is a fascinating exploration of the ambiguous moral territory between justice and revenge. Is there any situation that can excuse taking justice into your own hands?
Make your plans now to be with us for opening weekend. We will have a preview on Friday, November 13th with complimentary champagne, and an informal buffet following the opening night performance, Saturday, November 14th.
Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
In an unnamed country which has only recently returned to democracy, a man who has been named to head a commission that will investigate the crimes of the previous regime is driving home one night when his car breaks down. He is rescued by an older man, a kindly doctor. But when he brings him home, his wife recognizes—or think she does—his voice as that of the man who raped and tortured her years before, while she lay blindfolded in a military detention center. Death and the Maiden, the award-winning drama from Ariel Dorfman, is a harrowing suspense thriller that investigates the slippery moral territory between the hunger for justice and thirst for revenge. Do immoral acts justify immoral retribution? And what if the target our legitimate outrage is innocent? How certain can we be of our motives—or of our own morality—when we suddenly have the opportunity to take justice into our own hands?
“A terrifying moral thriller which combines brilliant theatricality with clear thought and fierce compassion.” — Sunday Times (London)
“Suspenseful, riveting…achieves a universality that is movingly personal.” — The New York Times
See you at the theatre!
Frédérique, Archie (et Charles)
