The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Swarthmore College Lang Performing Arts Center (2019)
A play by Bertolt Brecht
Considered one of the great works of the 20th century, this classic of western political theater asks: What drives our ideas of right and wrong in desperate times? Set against a backdrop of chaos and civil war, this epic parable tells the tale of a young servant who rescues the abandoned baby of a deposed governor and raises him as her own. Weaving together raucous performances, humor, music, and high theatricality, THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE tells the tale of competing claims of rights and privileges, of blood and love, and entertains, for a moment, the possibility that we have the power to define what true justice is.
Team
Director Alex Torra
Scenic Designer Matt Saunders
Costume Designer Laila Swanson
Lighting Designer James Murphy
Sound Designer & Music Composer Elizabeth Atkinson
Musical Director Madison Auch
Fight Director Brett Cassidy
Production Manager/Technical Director Scott Cassidy
Production Stage Manager Melanie Leeds
Assistant Stage Managers Nadia Malaya & Daniel Quintans
Assistant to the Costume Designer Emma Holyst
Production lntern Michael Lambui
Production Crew Gabe Contreras, Maggie Hong, Phillippe Kame, Bryan Le, Paige Looney, Jack McManus, Lali Pizarro, Renn Tan
Research Assistant Clarissa Grundstein
Photos by Steve Weinik
Cast
Donovan Louis Bazemore
Dakota Gibbs
Grace Griego
Youogo Kamgaing
Camille Klein
Alex Lehner
Ari Liloia
Matthew Lucker
Christine Mason
Shail Modi
Yüyǐng (Shell) Róng
Lauryn Smith
Neil Steinglass