adapted from the play by George Bernard Shaw,
with new additional scenes
Full-Length Drama • 1 Intermission
4 Women • 4 Men
A French country girl finds herself on trial for her life after the nation’s rulers are threatened by her influence and popularity. With mysterious visions of saints inspiring her to help recover France from English domination, she paves the way for victory. Starring Clare O’Malley from Hetty Feather and Something Wicked This Way Comes, this epic, transcendent story brings renewed life to one of history’s greatest heroines as she pushes the boundaries of a society dominated by political and religious forces.
SAINT JOAN received its World Premier as part of Deleware Theatre Company’s 2019 Season, running February 6-24. The production was directed by Artistic Director Bud Martin.
Saint Joan (Delaware Theatre Company)
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Directed by Bud Martin | Scenic Design – Colin McIlvaine | Costume Design — Millie Hiible | Lighting Design – Thom Weaver | Sound Design – Michael Kiley | Projection Design – Nick Hussong and Joey Moro | Fight Choreography – Sean Michael Bradley | Stage Manager – Alison Hassman | Featuring – Sean Michael Bradley, Charlie DelMarcell, Michael Doherty, Dan Kern, Mary Martello, Clare O’Malley, Mary Tuomanen, Tai Verleg
SAINT JOAN was adapted from the 1923 play by George Bernard Shaw, on commission from Delaware Theatre Company.
REVIEWS
“Worthy of Shaw.” — Broad Street Review
“Marcantel seems to fear no peril. Like Joan facing those seemingly insurmountable powers, she has thrown herself quite successfully up against Shaw. Her adaptation adds exposition that clarifies what British audiences would have known about 15th-century warfare and politics. While cutting an hour off the original, she retains much of its effective dramaturgy… that humanizes the long-ago characters. And she deftly inserts new (contemporary) dialogue into Shaw’s classical prose.” — Broad Street Review
“In Chelsea Marcantel’s world-premiere adaptation of the Shaw play, in a vibrant Delaware Theatre Company production, Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine become actual white-robed, silver-spangled characters spurring Joan on. … The playwright has done a fine job of judiciously trimming Shaw’s talky text and consolidating his passel of clerics and other characters, so that the original cast of two dozen can be covered by just eight performers. … The virtues of this staging are considerable.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer
“There is much to appreciate in this riveting, must-see production … a stunning blend of the traditional and the modern.” — WHYY
“This classic play has been modernized with deft touches by Chelsea Marcantel. It is dramatic, absorbing, historically correct and also funny in the most innovative production I have recently seen. It is a magnificent rewriting of a masterpiece… while maintaining the humor and moral complexity of Shaw’s original play.” — Southern Chester County Weeklies
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