Miss Julie: Freedom Summer

Jan 10 - Jan 31, 2009

Miss Julie: Freedom Summer

A new version by Stephen Sachs,
from the play by August Strindberg
Directed by Stephen Sachs
Choreography by Max Reimer
A co-production with The Canadian Stage Company

Cast:

Caroline Cave as Miss Julie
Raven Dauda as Christine
Kevin Hanchard as John

Production:

Set & Costume Design: Pam Johnson
Lighting Design: Alan Brodie
Sound Design: David B. Marling
Stage Manager: Bill Jamieson
Assistant S.M.: Samara Van Nostrand


REVIEWS:

..."(Sachs') Miss Julie: Freedom Summer is nothing short of a breathless adaptation. Caroline Cave's performance should stand as the bellwether for any future productions...Kevin Hanchard is also outstanding...he has a stage presence equal to that of Cave...Raven Dauda completes the cast with a nuanced study of Christine." Peter Birnie, The Vancouver Sun

"Sachs directs a very fine Canadian cast in this powerful Playhouse production. Caroline Cave...turns in another dynamite performance...compelling and real...Kevin Hanchard's John is her match...Raven Duada's Christine provides the perfect ballast." Jerry Wasserman, The Province



REVIEWS (PAST PRODUCTIONS):

"Sach's adaptation brings new power to an old play." eOpinions.com

"The excellent script, the direction and the performances of the professional cast all rang true. Miss Julie is an outstanding theatrical experience, and is highly recommended." Daily Sound

"Strindberg’s masterful liebestod, a dark ballad to the hungry forces within that both liberate and destroy." Los Angeles Times

"Bathed in Mississippi heat and sweat, Stephen Sachs’ free adaptation of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie, which opened Friday at Center Stage Theater, maintains its hellish battles of class and gender, but makes us look at the play with fresh eyes." Santa Barbara News-Press

"Critics Choice: The tension in the original – in which a young, upper-class woman and her servant sexually cross the class divide – is multiplied by adding the racial divide. Miss Julie is white, and the servant is her father’s black chauffeur. For American audiences, the play is much more harrowing than usual." Los Angeles City-Beat