The (24 Hour) Bald Soprano
Swarthmore College: Honors Acting Capstone (2019)
A play by Eugene Ionesco, translated by Donald Allen
Original Concept by Madi Distefano for Brat Productions
In The (24 hour) Bald Soprano, the Swarthmore Acting Capstone students perform Ionesco’s classic absurdist play in the most absurd way we could imagine: 24 times in 24 hours.
Starting at 8:00 p.m. on Friday March 1st and ending at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday March 2nd, six performers will continuously repeat, non-stop, every hour on the hour, Eugene Ionesco’s iconic and genre-defining “anti-play” about British norms. Audiences are welcome to stop by any time and witness these six actors transform the performance of a play into an uncompromising experiment in human endurance and the (possibly futile) ways we try to make sense of our world.
Team
Director Alex Torra
Scenic Designer Jack McManus
Sound Designer Anthony Martinez-Briggs
Lighting Designer Abby Schlackman
Costume Designer Laila Swanson
Lighting Designer Abby Schlackman
Stage Manager Sophie Nasrallah & Michael Lambui
Production Manager/Technical Director Scott Cassidy
Props Master Michael Lambui
Assistant Director Nadia Malaya
Assistant to Costume Designer Desta Pulley
Dialect Coach Marla Burkholder
Production Crew Collin Spangler, Lali PizarroWardrobe, Hair, and Makeup Qianyi Cao, Rivkah Orah Cohen, Clarissa Grundstein, Victoria Lee-A-Yong, Shirley Liu, Jaimie Lopez, Bess Markel, Thandiwe McMillan, Juliette Narame, Aria Parikh, Sumera Patel, Rebecca Rosenthal, Ruby Schlaker, Lauryn Smith, Collin Spangler, Daria Syskine, Liu Qing Ye, Selina Ye
Photos by Steve Weinik
Cast
Mr. Smith/Mr.Martin Max Marckel
Mrs. Smith/Mrs. Martin Emily Uhlmann
Mr. Martin/Mr. Smith Arijit Nerurkar
Mrs. Martin/Mrs. Smith Shelby Billups
Mary the Maid Josie Ross
Fire Chief John Wojciehowski