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.
Set in the historical Charenton Asylum, now d’Hôpital Esquirol, Marat/Sade is almost entirely a "play within a play". The main story takes place on July 13, 1808, after the French Revolution; the play directed by de Sade within the story takes place during the Revolution, in the middle of 1793, culminating in the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat (which took place on July 13, 1793), then quickly brings the audience up to date (1808). The actors are the inmates of the asylum, and the nurses and supervisors occasionally step in to restore order. The bourgeois director of the hospital, Coulmier, supervises the performance, accompanied by his wife and daughter. He is a supporter of the post-revolutionary government led by Napoleon, in place at the time of the production, and believes the play he has organised to be an endorsement of his patriotic views. His patients, however, have other ideas, and they make a habit of speaking lines he had attempted to suppress, or deviating entirely into personal opinion. Suffice it to say that they, as people who came out of the revolution no better than they went in, are not entirely pleased with the course of events as they fell.
Winter 2005 Production
By Peter Weiss
Directed by: Gerd Hauck
Performances: March 16-18, 2005
Venue: Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building
Cast - Marat/Sade
Marquis de Sade - Steve Ryder
Jean-Paul Marat - Brad Cook
Herald - Greg Carere
Charlotte Corday - Jennifer Scullion
Duperret - Bryan Quinlan
Coulmier - Peter Mabrucco
Cucurucu - Kaylan Worsnop
Kokol - Mikey Klein
Polpoch - Celeste Dickson
Rosignol - Whitney Allen
Roux - Derek Lindman
Simonne - Kara Harun
Patient - Casee Ahrens
Patient - Melanie Bennett
Patient - Jeff DeSchiffert
Patient - Nathaniel Gibbs
Patient - Jessica Isard
Patient - Jacqui Kaiser
Patient - Samantha Leask
Patient - Natalie Mathieson
Patient - Tara Vernoff
Patient - Kristin Wallace
Female Nurse 1 - Elizabeth Barry
Female Nurse 2 - Bridget Myers
Male Nurse 1 - Rasheed Ali
Male Nurse 2 - Brendan Riggs
Madame Coulmier - Jessica O’Connor
Creative Team
Director - Gerd Hauck
Musical Director - Jacqueline Sadler
Set Design - Miranda E.J. Warner
Costume Designer - Jocelyne Sobeski
Lighting Design - Travis Hatt
Sound Design - Fraser Smith
Production Team
Director of Production - Bill Chesney
Production Manager - Celeste Dickson
Technical Director - Scott Spidell
Asst. Technical Director - Fraser Smith
Asst. Musical Director - Bianca Tong
Musicians:
Doris Chen flute
Greg Dozois trumpet
Darren Hutz guitar
Bianca Tong keyboard
Brandon Valdivia percussion
Voice Coach - Alan Sapp
Publicity - Robin Atchison
Publicity/FOH - Michelle Jedrzejewski, Michelle Logan
Poster Design - Yen Chu Design
Program - Vik Kovac, Bridget Myers, Jessica O’Connor, Yen Chu
Asst. Lighting Designer - James Peltzer
Lighting Operator - Stephanie Casselman
Lighting Crew - Brandon Riggs, Greg Carere, Emily Schooley, Jon Davoodi, Lindsay Weber, Steve Ryder
Carpentry Head - Gill Lesperance
Carpentry Crew - Brad Cook, Danielle Jewinski, Jesse Ariss, Mark Folkes, Nathaniel Gibbs, Soraya Marinho
Paint and Props Crew - Amy Cruickshank, Casee Ahrens, Courtney Wilson, Jennifer Lorbetski, Mel Williamson, Tara Parachuk
Wardrobe Crew - Amy Tait, Ashley Bissonette, Bridget Myers, Julie Atchison, Melanie Bennett, Sabina Medarevic, Tara Velanoff
Sound Team - Jon Gordner, Vik Kovac
Special Thank yous to:
Aird Centre
Wilfrid Laurier University