Marie Christine
Words and music by Michael John LaChiusa

Directed by Raymond Zilberberg
(MFA Directing Candidate, 2013)

In 1894, deep in the heart of New Orleans genteel creole society, a young mixed race woman of privilege finds herself trapped by the men and social demands that govern her life. With headstrong disobedience and a gift for the power of Voodon she finds her escape in managing the love affairs of others. When an ambitious white sea captain passes through town, she discovers her own all-consuming love. Together they chart the waters of their romance to the burning streets of Chicago’s First Ward with a trail of blood along the way. Inspired by the life of Marie Laveaux and adapted from Euripides’s The Medea, this rarely produced musical by Michael John LaChiusa explores what it means to love unconditionally and culminates in incomprehensible vengeance when that love is betrayed. Raymond Zilberberg’s production of MARIE CHRISTINE will be the first time this piece is staged in the United States since its premiere at Lincoln Center in 1999.

CAST:

FEATURING:

Darilyn Castillo, Michael Cicceti*, Mike Cruz, Tyrone Davis Jr*, Liza Dealey, Tia DeShazor, Alanna Fox, Jeffrey Funaro*, Jessica Giannone, Elizabeth Gray, John Hollingsworth, Adam Jorge-Hyndman, Alexandra Smith, Johnathan Johnson, Jaylen Johnson, Mariana Weisler, Matthew Davis Wiggin*

PRODUCTION TEAM:

* Appears Courtesy Actors Equity
** Appears Courtesy SDC

3LD
80 Greenwich Street

March 6-9, 2013

$15 General Admission/$5 Seniors
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