Performers occupy a blue stage arranged with glowing rectangular frames.

2011 · CFA Theater, Wesleyan University

Melancholy Play

An ensemble performs beneath rows of small lights on a deep blue stage.

Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play turns sadness into a source of beauty, attraction, and surreal transformation in an ensemble comedy.

Pairs of performers dance across a blue stage framed by glowing rectangles.

Performers stand in separate glowing frames while a pianist sits at the side of the stage.

A woman stands before a rectangular frame containing several shadowed figures.

A lone performer faces a row of tall illuminated frames on a dark stage.

Presentations

February 24–26, 2011: CFA Theater, Wesleyan University · Middletown, Connecticut

Playwright: Sarah Ruhl

Lighting Design: Jack Carr
Costume Design: Leslie Weinberg
Scenic Design: Marcela Oteiza
Dramaturgy: Lila Becker
Stage Management: Sara Schniller
Assistant Director: Nathan Perry

Performer: Emma Maclean
Performer: Alma Sanchez-Eppler
Performer: Benjamin Vigus
Performer: Sarah Wolfe
Performer: Jaime Maseda
Performer: Mariana Quinn-Makwai
Performer: Solomon Bilinkoff