Original script by Oscar Wilde & corrupted by the Rude Mechanicals.
Directed by Wes Dennis.
Oscar Wilde’s classic tragedy based on the Biblical story of the beheading of John the Baptist. Much has been made of the supposed immorality of the play. When the script was published in 1893, The Times newspaper described it thusly: “an arrangement in blood and ferocity, morbid, bizarre, repulsive, and very offensive…”
…And now the Rude Mechanicals are presenting Salome as a tribute to 1990s media and culture, with a plethora of edits and changes to the Lord Alfred Douglas translation in the service of that end. Also? It’s now a comedy. In short: it’s Oscar Wilde’s Salome as only the Rude Mechanicals would stage it. Cue laugh track.
*This show contains comedic violence, suicide, and murder*
Performances will run at the Greenbelt Arts Center (123 Centerway, Greenbelt MD) on the following dates:
Thursday, May 7, 8:00pm (Pay-what-you-will pricing, min $5)
Friday, May 8, 8:00pm
Saturday, May 9, 8:00pm
Sunday, May 10, 2:00pm (Audience masking required; talkback w/ cast & crew following performance!)
Thursday, May 14, 8:00pm (Pay-what-you-will pricing, min $5)
Friday, May 15, 8:00pm
Saturday, May 16, 8:00pm
General Admission: $24, Senior/Military: $22, Child/Student: $12
Tickets can be purchased through the Greenbelt Arts Center here: https://app.arts-people.com/?show=305911
Cast:
De’Maryo Platt – Herod, the tetrarch
Darcella Owens – Herodias, the tetrarch’s wife
Celia Richardson – Salome, the princess
Dylan Nicholson – Jokanaan, the prophet
Tommy Stack – Tigellinus, an honored guest
Maya Catoe – Page, the page of Herodias
Becca Korn – Narraboth, captain of the guard
Kelci Friend – 1st Soldier, member of the guard
Marianne Virnelson – 2nd Soldier, member of the guard
Charlie Suchi – Roman, a visitor to the palace
Tone Arce – Goth, a visitor to the palace
Spencer Dye – Bender, a visitor to the palace
A’nya Ross – Solver, a visitor to the palace
Crew:
Director / Graphic Design / Set Design / Sound Design / Costume Design / Set Construction – Wes Dennis
Producer / Stage Manager / Set Construction – Liana Olear
Assistant Stage Manager – Marianne Virnelson
Assistant Director / Set Design – Alan Duda
Apprentice Director / Set Construction – Peter Orvetti
Technical Director / Lighting Design / Set Construction – Jeff Poretsky
Dance Choreographer – Summer Moore
Sound Design – Stephen Duda
Costume Design / Sewist / Set Construction – Linda “Spencer” Dye
Sewist – Becca Korn
Set Design / Set Construction / Master Carpenter – Chris Dullnig
Set Construction – Tone Arce, Darcella Owens, Robert Evans, Steve Cox, Alan Duda, Jaki Demarest, Samuel Kopel, Dylan Nicholson
The Rude Mechanicals 