Playing with Fire Premiered on November 7 2014, at
The Suny Hall Theater, Suny Orange, New York.
Produced and Directed by: David H. Cohen
Lighting Designer: Peter Galipeau
Playing with Fire is one of Strindberg's rare comedies. It originally premiered in Berlin in 1893 and was considered way too outspoken. It depicts erotic intricacies and love triangles within an artistic well to do family and their friends. Although a comedy, it is a serious one, where the characters hide their tragedy behind a certain cynicism, according to Strindberg's own writing. The characters can somehow only exist in relation to someone else. The original location is at a lake side in Sweden, but for various purposes the location has been moved to Woodstock. This Suny Orange production's set design "is a work of beauty".
Cast:
Newt: Alan Moss
Kerstin: Sarah Hutchinson
Mother: Victoria Cottone
Father: Joseph Polichetti
Adele: Jazmin Jackson
Axel: Dakota Cohen
Lighting Designer: Peter Galipeau
Playing with Fire is one of Strindberg's rare comedies. It originally premiered in Berlin in 1893 and was considered way too outspoken. It depicts erotic intricacies and love triangles within an artistic well to do family and their friends. Although a comedy, it is a serious one, where the characters hide their tragedy behind a certain cynicism, according to Strindberg's own writing. The characters can somehow only exist in relation to someone else. The original location is at a lake side in Sweden, but for various purposes the location has been moved to Woodstock. This Suny Orange production's set design "is a work of beauty".
Cast:
Newt: Alan Moss
Kerstin: Sarah Hutchinson
Mother: Victoria Cottone
Father: Joseph Polichetti
Adele: Jazmin Jackson
Axel: Dakota Cohen