The
Scarlet Letter
adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel by Carol Gilligan and
Jonathan Gilligan
Pittsburgh Youth Symphony will be performing on opening night - November 4th.
Review: The Scarlet Letter - Pittsburgh City Paper (Michele Pilecki)
Check out a video of Set Designer JohnMichael Bohach discussing the set design.
- Meet and chat with the director and playwright on
Friday, November 4th and Saturday, November 5th.
- Desserts with the Director - Saturday, November 5th and 12th
Desserts genrously donated by:
* Featured
Partner - Square Cafe - November 5th
* Featured Partner - Allegro
Hearth Bakery - November 12th
- Family Friday Night - November 11th
- Field Trips (Student Matinees) - November 8, 9, 10
& 11, 2011
Photo Gallery
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Director's
Comments: Why I
Love The Scarlet Letter
"The
story of The Scarlet
Letter is timeless, enduring and profound. Fear is
one of mankind's greatest obstacles, but those who fight to free
themselves of this burden are the ones who ultimately triumph. No piece
of American literature has ever touched so many people and it will
continue to inspire generations to abandon their judgments and
prejudices. The Scarlet
Letter will always serve as a reminder that out
of strife comes magnificence."
- Katie Mueller, Director
The Scarlet Letter
INFORMATION
ABOUT PLAYWRIGHT CAROL GILLIGAN
"Hester Prynne was a
heroine who could speak to modern audiences.
Hawthorne's brilliant insight -- he is writing now in 1850, at the time
of Brook Farm and the Abolitionist Feminists -- was
that the very qualities that render a woman able to see the iron
framework of society also disable her as an adulterated woman. He
captures it all in
the letter A, which, as the story explains, means Able as well as
Adultery.
The central theme in my book, The Birth of Pleasure, is
the tension between love and patriarchy. This is also the theme of The Scarlet
Letter."
- Carol Gilligan
Review and preview of The
Scarlet Letter by Carol Gilligan and
Jonathan Gilligan:
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Author Carol Gilligan adapts Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter for
Shakespeare & Company:
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Carol Gilligan background – “Awakening the best in the Human
Spirit”:
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Carol Gilligan biography:
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Summary: In seventeenth century Boston and a young Puritan woman, Hester, is being publically shamed for her role in the act of adultery. Unwilling to name the man who fathered her daughter, Hester is forced to wear a scarlet letter A on her dress and remain a humiliated outcast of society. When Hester's husband, who was previously assumed dead, comes to Boston to seek revenge for his wife's wrongdoing and reveal the identity of her lover, the entire colony is turned upside down. With her life on the line, Hester must find the strength within herself to overcome her culture's moral obligations and reveal the true beauty of the human spirit. In this adaptation by Carol Gilligan, Hester’s daughter, Pearl, is also reflecting on her memories of the experience.
We will have graphic novels of this book for sale in the lobby for Homeschools and parents.
Production Staff
Directed by | KATIE MUELLER
Set/Prop Designer | JOHNMICHAEL BOHACH
Lighting Designer | J.R. SHAW
Costume Designer | PAULA PARKER
Scenic Painter | JILL BLACK
Technical Director | GEORGE DESHELTER
Stage Manager | KIERA PHILLIPS
Cast - Biographies
Hester Prynne | IVY STEINBERG
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale | JUSTIN FORTUNATO
Pearl | VICTORIA PERL
Older Pearl | REBECCA STEER
Roger Chillingsworth | PETER EVANS
Mistress Hibbins | CHARLOTTE SONNE
Governor Bellingham | WILLIAM CREAN
Reverend Wilson | KEN LUTZ
Goodwife | CYNTHIA CAUL
Goodwife | STACEY ROSLECK
Sexton | MATT HENDERSON
MORE INFORMATION
Some additional websites to prepare your visit:
A collection of materials to help your study and preparation
to see the production
:
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Quotations from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne,
1850:
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Flashcards: Scarlet Letter quotes:
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