Small Tragedy captured the Obie Award (N.Y’s Best New Off-Broadway Play in 2004). Extraordinarily probing, powerful and often amusing, the play, set first in Cambridge, Mass. and finally New York City, follows six young people, three men and three women, as they rehearse an adaptation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex discussing justice, denial and the acceptance of responsibility. From the mid to late 1990’s they become friends and lovers as the audience witnesses how the themes of Greek tragedy merge with some truths about the Bosnian War to impact irrevocably on their personal lives.
Associate Professor Bryna Wortman (Grapes of Wrath, Angels in America), will direct the production. Costume design is by Marilyn Salvatore, scenic design is by Max Ponticelli, lighting design is by Associate Professor Christian Wittwer and sound design is by Michael Hyde.
A MATChat, short for matinee chat, with the director, cast, designers and crew will follow the Oct. 12 performance at 3 p.m. The interactive chat will give audience members an opportunity to ask questions.
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Members of the cast, their characters, and hometowns follow:
Cast, Character, Hometown
Benjamin Grills, Hakija, Westerly
JonPaul Rainville, Christmas, West Kingston
Benjamin Gracia, Nathaniel, E. Providence
Kira Arnold, Paola, Fairfield, Conn.
Jolie Lippincott, Jen, Westerly
Autumn Gillette, Fanny, Manchester, Mass.
Understudies
Gregory Infussi, Hakija, N. Providence
Travis Greene, Christmas, N.Kingstown
Michael DeBartolo, Nathaniel, Bethel, Conn.
Hillary Scofield, Paola, Kensington, N.H.
Julia Bailey, Jen, Plaistow, N.H.
Kira Hawkridge, Fanny, Woonsocket