The making of The Illusion

"What in this world is not evanescent? What in this world is real and not seeming? Love, which seems the realest thing, is really nothing at all; a simple gray rock is a thousand times more tangible than love is; and the earth is such a rock, and love only a breeze that dreams over its surface, weightless and traceless. And yet love's more mineral, more dense, more veined with gold and corrupted with lead, more bitter and more weighty than the earth's profoundest matter. Love is a sea of desire stretched between shores—only the shores are real, but how much more compelling is the sea." Alcandre in Tony Kushner's The Illusion.

A very special sneak peak behind the scenes of The Illusion thanks to our firends at Wax Idiotical Films.

The Illusion
by Tony Kushner
freely adapted from Pierre Cornielle's L'Illusion Comique

Directed by Matthew Cahoon
Stage Managed by Claire Amirault
Lighting Design by Tayva Young
Sound Design by Nat Ward
Fight Choreography by Bob Haas
Production Design by Matthew Cahoon

Pridamant... Neal Blaiklock
The Amaneunsis... Donald Tongue
Alcandre... Peter Josephson
Calisto/Clindor/Theogenes... Aaron Compagna
Melibea/Isabelle/Hippolyta... Gina Carballo
Elicia/Lyse/Clarina... Carey Cahoon
Pleribo/Adraste/Prince Florilame... Glenn Provost
Matamore... Sebastian Lockwood

Friday, March 1, 7.30 pm
Saturday, March 2, 2 & 7.30 pm
Sunday, March 3, 2 pm