In The Wings

Announcing Is He Dead? By Mark Twain, As Adapted by David Ives

Performances:

January (2025) 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 at 8pm | 12, 19 at 2pm

Synopsis:

Comedy: Jean-Francois Millet, a young painter of genius, is in love with Marie Leroux but in debt to a villainous picture-dealer, Bastien Andre. Andre forecloses on Millet, threatening debtor's prison unless Marie marries him. Millet realizes that the only way he can pay his debts and keep Marie from marrying Andre is to die, as it is only dead painters who achieve fame and fortune. Millet fakes his death and prospers, all while passing himself off as his own sister, the Widow Tillou. Now a rich "widow," he must find a way to get out of a dress, return to life, and marry Marie.

Presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Cast

Agamemnon Buckner (Chicago): Leah O’Hara

Hans Von Bismarck (Dutchy): Tim Schumann

Marie Leroux: Kashfara Saba

Cecile Leroux: Jessa Casner

Papa Leroux: Steve Niles

Jean-François Millet: Bobby DiPasquale

Bastien André: Dave Levy

Madame Bathilde: Maggie Litzenberg

Madame Caron: Holly Newman

Phelim O'Shaughnessy: Alexis Ross

Basil Thorpe/Claude Rivière/Charlie/Monnet: Alair Diremigio

Crew

Director: Nicolas Pinault

Assistant Director: Jackie Parzanese

Producer: Ashley Lora-Lee

Back (L to R): Dave Levy, Leah O'Hara, Jessa Casner, Alexis Ross, Steve Niles, Maggie Litzenberg, Holly Newman, Alair Dirimegio
Front (L to R): Kashfara Saba, Bobby DiPasquale
Not Pictured: Timothy Schumann