THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE.
By Peter Weiss
February 2 – March 11, 2007
Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays at 3pm
The HSA Theatre
647 St. Nicholas Ave. (141st Street)
Tickets $36.
Group and Student prices available.
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Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play in 1966, Peter Weiss’ MARAT/SADE is a theatrical tour de force that explores the concept of democracy and if it is possible given the realities and limitations of human nature. This seminal work of 20th century drama has not been given a major New York production in forty years, and is a perfect fit for the visually and intellectually ambitious production style of the Classical Theatre of Harlem.
Directed by CTH Co-Founder Christopher McElroen (The Blacks & Waiting for Godot), MARAT/SADE features a cast of forty performers including T. Ryder Smith, Nathan Hinton, Danny Camiel, David Ryan Smith, James Rana, Andrew Guilarte, Ron Simons, Daniel Talbott, Eric Walton, Dana Watkins and Johnathan Payne. The creative team includes Musical Director Kelvyn Bell and Choreographer Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj.
MARAT/SADE will be presented in the Harlem School of the Arts Theatre located at 647 St. Nicholas Avenue (near 141st Street). Take the A, B, C, or D trains to 145th Street. Parking is available on the street or garage parking is available on St.Nicholas Ave. & 145th Street.
MARAT/SADE is supported in part by
Directed by: Christopher McElroen
Musical Director: Kelvyn Bell
Choreographer: Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Fight Director: Denise Hurd
Set Designer: Troy Hourie
Lighting Designer: Aaron Black
Costume Designer: Kimberly Glennon
Sound Designer: Bill Toles
Stage Manager: Elyzabeth Gorman
Dramaturg: Debra Cardona
Cast: Nathan Hinton, T. Ryder Smith, Ron Simons, Dana Watkins, Daniel Talbot, Andrew Guilarte, Eric Walton, Jonathan Payne, James Rana, Danny Camiel, David Ryan Smith, Alexander Sovronsky, Bill Corry, Carl Louis, Chandler Wild, Donald Kingston, Eric Steven Mills, Erwin Falcon, Glenn Gordon, Jake Lemmenes, Jamal Niamke Bruce, Jamie Carrillo, Jeffrey Glaser, Kiel Perry, Lesley Billingslea, Michael Flood, Mitch Maguire, Musa Bacon, Paul Krasner, Ricardo Pérez-Gonzalez, Rommell Tolentino, Scott Sortman, Thomas Layman, Vladimi Versailles, Seth Lewandowski, Richard Vincent Weber, Rob Freedman, Tyshawn Major & Joi Sears
“a harrowing experience, a reminder that theater is not always a safe place”
- The New York Times
“exhilarating … startlingly violent … visceral … fearless”
- Time Out NY
“a thrillingly disturbing environmental production”
- BroadwayWorld.com
“unrelentingly oppressive and very effective”
- CurtainUp.com
“With obsessive attention to detail and brilliant design choices, [the Classical Theatre of Harlem] have created the impression of going to hell to meet the devil … aggressively political theater”
- Newsday
