"The Yellow Leaf"
Pioneer Theatre Company's World premier production of "The Yellow Leaf" by Charles Morey.
Hopelessly entangled love affairs, savage wit and jousting egos combine to create a fascinating, funny, and haunting evening of theatre in this World Premiere based upon historical fact. In the fateful summer of 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft and their companions flee England escaping scandal. Shuttered in Byron's villa on the shores of Lake Geneva, they turn to the supernatural as Byron challenges them to each write a ghost story - a competition that will not only spawn Mary Shelley's Frankenstein but also shape the destinies of these extraordinary individuals whose lives defined an age.
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CAST (* Denotes Members of Actors Equity Association):
ELLEN ADAIR* (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley)
LENA HURT* (Claire Clairmont)
CHRISTOPHER KELLY* (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
GIORGIO LITT* (John William Polidori)
BJORN THORSTAD* (George Gordon, Lord Byron)
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ARTISTIC STAFF:
CHARLES MOREY (Playwright/Artistic Director)
GEOFFREY SHERMAN (Director)
JAYNE LUKE (Choreographer)
JAMES WOLK (Scenic Designer)
PAMELA SCOFIELD (Costume Designer)
THOMAS J. MUNN (Lighting Designer)
JOE PAYNE (Sound Designer Composer)
AMANDA FRENCH (Hair and Make-up Designer)
Read MoreHopelessly entangled love affairs, savage wit and jousting egos combine to create a fascinating, funny, and haunting evening of theatre in this World Premiere based upon historical fact. In the fateful summer of 1816, Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft and their companions flee England escaping scandal. Shuttered in Byron's villa on the shores of Lake Geneva, they turn to the supernatural as Byron challenges them to each write a ghost story - a competition that will not only spawn Mary Shelley's Frankenstein but also shape the destinies of these extraordinary individuals whose lives defined an age.
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CAST (* Denotes Members of Actors Equity Association):
ELLEN ADAIR* (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley)
LENA HURT* (Claire Clairmont)
CHRISTOPHER KELLY* (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
GIORGIO LITT* (John William Polidori)
BJORN THORSTAD* (George Gordon, Lord Byron)
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ARTISTIC STAFF:
CHARLES MOREY (Playwright/Artistic Director)
GEOFFREY SHERMAN (Director)
JAYNE LUKE (Choreographer)
JAMES WOLK (Scenic Designer)
PAMELA SCOFIELD (Costume Designer)
THOMAS J. MUNN (Lighting Designer)
JOE PAYNE (Sound Designer Composer)
AMANDA FRENCH (Hair and Make-up Designer)
