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 November
17, 2005 through December 18, 2005
RED STAR is
set in 1951 Moscow. The 'dregs'
of the Red Army form a theatrical
troupe to stage a politically
correct version of "JULIUS CAESAR"
with dire consequences. One of
the Actors drunkenly imitates
Stalin and is promptly shipped
off to the Gulag, until a Russian
Movie Director needs a young
'Stalin' for his next picture. "RED STAR" is
variously described as a play
about apathy, authoritarian government,
celebrity and ill-fitting togas...
 This is the U.S.PREMIERE of "RED
STAR" by Charles Wood, who also wrote
the Beatles' Movie HELP, the Oscar-nominated
IRIS, THE KNACK, HOW I WON THE WAR
and many others. The play was
originally staged at the Royal Shakespeare
Company. Director David Payne ("The
Draughtsman’s Contract") and Wood
first worked together on the original
production of Charles' play "VETERANS"
at the Royal Court Theatre in London,
starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir
John Mills.
"John
Osborne has always been credited
with
changing the course of drama
with
Look Back in Anger but I would say
it was
Charles Wood who has been
responsible for the
theatrical revolution"
-- SIR RICHARD
EYRE
Director: David Payne
Designers: Laura Fine,
Kristie Roldan (Lighting), David
Beaudry (Sound)
Writer: Charles Wood
Costume Designer: Gelareh Khalioun
Original Music: Aldo Shllaku
Choreographer: Melissa Birnbaum
Production Stage Manager: Cristina
Berkovitz
Asst. Production Stage Manager: Bennett Winter
Smith
Graphic Designer: Arnold Schwartzman
OBE
Cast:
Craig Young - Nikolai
Julian Stone* - Yuri
Trader Selkirk* - Koromyslov
Tom Lenoci* - Tubik,
Stanislas
Adam Gregor* - Azhog
Wendy Johnson*
- Evdokia Vladimirovna (Doosia)
Pamela Salem*
- Mrs. Ploshchard, Calpurnia
Walter Wong - Oleg,
Stage Manager, Moloko
Natalie Sutherland - Irena,
Portia
Clive Pearson - Lubzin, Ploshchad, Brutus
Steve Keyes* - Rak, Casca
Leonard Ross* - Pavarot,
Peasant, Censor
Nic d'Avirro* - Kostic, Tribonioous,
Maclo
Paul Morris* - MGB Officer, Yudina
Richard
Weber - Pemeni, Peasant
Bennett Winter Smith
- Guard, peasant
*Actors appearing
courtesy of Actors Equity Association
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