In The Wings
Announcing Arcadia By Tom Stoppard
Performances:
March (2025) 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22 at 8PM | 9, 16 at 2PM
Synopsis:
Comedy/Drama. This brilliant play moves back and forth between 1809 and the present at the elegant estate owned by the Coverly family. The 1809 scenes reveal a household in transition. As the Arcadian landscape is being transformed into picturesque Gothic gardens, complete with a hermitage, thirteen year-old Lady Thomasina and her tutor delve into intellectual and romantic issues. Present day scenes depict the Coverly descendants and two competing scholars who are researching a possible scandal at the estate in 1809 involving Lord Byron. This brilliant play moves smoothly between the centuries and explores the nature of truth and time, the difference between classical and romantic temperaments, and the disruptive influence of sex on our life orbits- the attraction Newton left out!
Presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals
Cast
Thomasina Coverly: Josie O’Connell
Septimus Hodge: Steven Wei
Jellaby: James Palmer
Ezra Chater: Sammy Lebron
Richard Noakes: Timothy Schumann
Lady Croom: Mary Saile
Captain Brice: Steve Niles
Hannah Jarvas: Ashley Lora-Lee
Chloe Coverly: Kira Stein
Bernard Nightingale: Scott Grande
Valentine Coverly: James Whittall
Gus Coverly/Augustus Coverly: Emily Thompson
Back (L to R): Steven Wei, Josie O'Connell, Scott Grande, Mary Saile, James Palmer, Sammy Lebron, James Whittall
Front: Emily Thompson, Ashley Lora-LeeNot Pictured: Timothy Schumann, Steve Niles, Kira Stein