The Wood Demon

Written by: Anton Chekhov, In a World Premiere Translation by Nicholas Saunders & Frank Dwyer
Directed by: Frank Dwyer
Recommended for Ages 16+

The Sixth Event of the 1993-1994 Season at the Mark Taper Forum

Act I – The garden on Zheltoukhin’s estate. After 2:00 p.m. Intermission Act II – The Serebryakov’s dining room. After 1:00 a.m. Act III – The Serebryakov’s living room. Daytime. Intermission Act IV – The forest. The house by the water mill. Late afternoon.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Set and Lighting Design: D. Martyn Bookwalter

Costume Design: Holly Poe Durbin

Sound Design: Jon Gottlieb

Music Composed by Theo Saunders

Production Stage Manager: Jill Ragaway

Cast

John Apicella*

Waffles/Sergey/Yefim/Semyon

Anne Gee Byrd*

Marya Vassiliyevna

Nike Doukas*

Sonya/Yelena

Dakin Matthews

Serebryakov/Zhorzh

Raphael Sbarge

Zheltoukhin/Wood Demon

Nicholas Saunders

Orlovsky/Serebryakov

Jeremy Lawrence

Waffles/Sergey/Yefim/Semyon

Marsha Dietlein

Yulya/Sonya/Maid

Frank Dwyer

Waffles/Orlovsky/Serebryakov

Mark Harelik

Wood Demon

Dan Kern

Zhorzh/Fyodor/Vassili

Donald Sage Mackay

Vassili/Fyodor/Yefim/Zheltoukhin

Rose Portillo

Sonya/Marya Vassiliyevna

Mary Stark

Maid/Marya Vassiliyevna/Yulya/Yelena

John Walcutt

Zheltoukhin/Wood Demon
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule

“A spectacular production… As a rep group, they’re superb.”

Daily Variety
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“This Wood Demon is a rare treat.”

Neal Weaver
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