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Engaging Shaw

Engaging Shaw

By John Morogiello

Directed by
David Frank
With excerpts from Bernard Shaw
Touchstone

Run time is approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

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Engaging Shaw

Kidding ourselves. As humans, it may be our greatest skill. That goes for academics and artists; rivals and lovers. And, as it turns out, famous philandering writers like this one, who wrote Heartbreak House. But self-deception often comes with a reckoning, and Shaw’s comes in the form of Charlotte Payne-Townsend – a whirlwind of wit, beauty and her own notions about love and marriage, thank you very much. There’s so much to swoon about, watching clever people fall in love, cheered on by their equally clever friends. It’s sparkly fun with a spine of steel and a story immersed in real life. A perfect play for an autumn day.

Featuring: Tracy Michelle Arnold, Gavin Lawrence, Colleen Madden, James Ridge


Synopsis
George Bernard Shaw is well known for his writing, wit and commitment to social justice. But in his time, he was also known for being an unrepentant philanderer. His aversion to marriage was so strong that he clung to it even in the face of the clever and charismatic Charlotte Payne-Townshend, who is clearly more than a match for him. Urged on by their friends Beatrice and Sidney Webb, the two would-be lovers trade witty barbs as they form a close friendship. The question at the center of this charming, romantic comedy is whether or not they’ll ever admit how close that friendship is.

Cast

Sidney Webb
Gavin Lawrence *
Beatrice Webb
Tracy Michelle Arnold *
George Bernard Shaw
James Ridge *
Charlotte Payne-Townshend
Colleen Madden *

Staff

Director
David Frank
Dialect Coach
Eva Breneman
Costume Design
Daniele Tyler Mathews
Scenic Design
Yu Shibagaki †
Lighting Design
Michael A. Peterson
Sound Design & Original Music
John Tanner
Stage Manager
Jacqueline Singleton *
Stage Management Team
Rivka Kelly *
Stage Management Team
Matthew Meeks
Production Stage Manager
Evelyn Matten *
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
** Member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, an Independent Labor Union
† Member of United Scenic Artists
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