SpiderWoman

KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

Book by Terrence McNally

Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Directed and Choreographed by Lisa Antonecchia

Musical Directed by Mario Cruz

April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24, 2005

The Cast

Linda Goetz             Aurora/Spider Woman
James Fitzpatrick     Molina
Daniel Rabone         Valentin
Taryn Face              Marta
Dorothy Santos        Molina's Mother
Dan Gorgone           Warden
Peter Allen               Estaban, Prison Guard & Aurora's Men
Chris Mack              Marcos, Prison Guard & Aurora's Men
Jed Alevizos              Gabriel & Aurora's Men

Brian Brannigan       Fuentes, Prisoner & Religious Fanatic
Tom Lawrence          Raymondo, Prisoner
Charlie Carr             Emilio, Prisoner
Chip Sheeran            Prisoner & Hooded Prisoner
Michael O'Brien       Prisoner & Aurora's men
Herve Petion             Prisoner & Aurora's men
Bob Pascucci            Prisoner & Amnesty International Observer
Crisanto Guadiz        Aurora's Men & Window Dresser

Performed: April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24, 2005

About the play: Based on the novel by Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman relates the isolation of two very different men in a prison cell in Argentina in the 1970s. Valentin, a political activist who is sexually straight, shares a cell with Molina, a middle-class, gay window dresser in prison for his sexual activities. Valentin has sacrificed the joy of life and his one greatest love for a righteous ideal of social responsibility; Molina has relished his freedom and a movie-inspired fantasy life, inspired by Aurora, the Spider Woman. In an atmosphere of repression and mistrust, the Warden playing one man against the other, Valentin and Molina discover their capacity for love.

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