'DENTITY CRISIS was written during Durang's years at Yale University. His characters' cries of anguish in a world too self-absorbed to listen or, quite frankly, to care, established the playwright's voice and style in many of his later, more developed plays.
SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU has been Durang's most successfully realized piece to date, both critically and commercially. In this play the pain is deeper, darker and more passionate than in any other of his works. Christopher Durang has managed the precarious act of juggling desperate conflict and danger with the humour of one who cannot cease to care. The result is farce of the highest calibre.
Winter 1989 Production
By Christopher Durang
Directed by: Joel Greenberg
Performances: March 14-18,1989
Venue: Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building
'Dentity Crisis Cast
Cat Mills - Jane
Anita S. McFarlene - Edith
Chris Reid - Robert
Ian Chaprin - Mr. Summers
Jill Fleishman - Woman
Sister Mary Ignatius Cast
Darlene Spencer - Sister Mary Ignatius
Robert Abel - Thomas
Chris Reid - Gary Sullivan
Lise Fortin - Diane Symonds
Cathy Haavaldsrud - Philomena Rostovitch
Brian Holmes - Aloysius Benheim
Creative Team
Set Design - Earl Stieler
Lighting Designer - Al Anderson
Director - Joel Greenberg
Assistant Director - Wendy Farrant
Production Team
Stage Manager - Paula Steffler
Assistant Stage Manager - David Cheoros
Sound - Kelly Wilson
Master Electrician - David Brown
Props Mistress - Kelly Garnier
Costumes - Cat Mills
Costume Mistress - Kate Pugsley
Publicity - Marjorie Bruce
Publicity Assistant - Brian Holmes
Carps/Paint - Drama 244 Class
Stage Crew - Derrick Chua, David Flynn, Kerry Garnier, Dan Moran, Craig Smith
Special Thanks
UW Theatre Centre
Stuart Fletcher
St. Jerome's College
The Costume House
St. Jerome's High School
Wilfrid Laurier University
Kelly Bennett
Collins House of Formals, Waterloo