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Creative Team Will Eno- Playwright Cherissa Richards - Director Katrin Whitehead - Set and Costume Designer Sherry Smith - Voice and text Coach Veronica Jollimore - Movement Coach Bruce MacLennan - Lighting Designer Tegan Porter - Sound Designer Emma Lamont - Stage Manager Thunder Defayette - Assistant Stage Manager Cast Emily Lux - Mrs. Swanson Daniel Nwobi - John Dodge August Van Meerkeren - Cop Ben Burchell - Mechanic Daisy Rayne - Librarian, Tour Guide, Woman Eric Eyers - Sweetheart, Ground Control, Janitor Sarah Jackson - Aunt, Female Doctor, Female Tourist Tip Finless - Attendant, Male Tourist, Man, Radio Voice Hal Rotman - Greg (astronaut), Male Doctor Ian Bueltel - Attendant 2, Freelancer, Landscaper All Cast - Public Speaker |
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Photo by Nick Pearce
Mary Swanson just moved to Middletown, eager to start a family and enjoy the neighbourly bonds a small town promises. But when Mary befriends resident John Dodge, she is quick to discover that below Middletown's flinchingly honest exterior lies something much more complex.
Will Eno’s Middletown is a theatrical microcosm of contemporary life in North America. Its inhabitants are at the same time insulated from modernity in all shapes and forms and thoroughly dependent on the hopes and dreams that define our everyday. We immediately recognize the play’s characters yet find in them surprising insight into love and mortality as the main mysteries of our existence. The local mechanic, plumber, policeman, and librarian are all familiar figures, but, in Eno’s witty and poetic dialogue, they become our guides into the unknown.
Will Eno’s Middletown is a theatrical microcosm of contemporary life in North America. Its inhabitants are at the same time insulated from modernity in all shapes and forms and thoroughly dependent on the hopes and dreams that define our everyday. We immediately recognize the play’s characters yet find in them surprising insight into love and mortality as the main mysteries of our existence. The local mechanic, plumber, policeman, and librarian are all familiar figures, but, in Eno’s witty and poetic dialogue, they become our guides into the unknown.
Photography by Nick Pearce
