Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
by: Ann-Marie MacDonald
Directed by: Brian Leahy Doyle
April 1 – 6
Performing Arts Center – Arena Stage
Assistant Professor Constance Ledbelly sets out to discover the missing tragic fool in Shakespeare's Othello and Romeo and Juliet in Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald's madcap comedy, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). Time-warped to the battlements of Cyprus and the streets of fair Verona, Constance unintentionally deconstructs the plots of both tragedies, becoming the missing Fool she has been searching for with antic aplomb. A witty, humorous and imaginative theatrical tour de force!
Cast:
Othello/Tybalt/Prof. Claude Night/Juliet's Nurse - John Grether
Constance Ledbelly - Andrea Jenson
Iago/Romeo - Eric Lommel
Desdemona/Ramona/Mercutio/Servant - Michelle Makie
Chorus/Ghost - Thomas Marcroft
Juliet/Student/Soldier of Cyprus - Christina Vinkemeier
