EDWARD II
Performed at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Helen Wayne Rauh Theatre, Spring 2017
SUMMARY AND CREDITS
Edward II deconstructs Marlowe’s classic story to explore a contemporary gay culture in the united states of america. The resulting adaptation and performance challenges the audience to engage questions about power, wealth, love, anger, duty, and pride.
The Director writes "Queer individuals, like those at the center of the play, have historically been marginalized and looked on as a threat to the state and church. Heteronormative culture demonizes these individuals seemingly baselessly, but what if their fears are justified and queerness represents a real threat to entrenched systems of power? What if homosexuals really are plotting to bring down western civilization? What if the gay-agenda really could provoke god’s wrath and bring down hurricanes and droughts?
[Our] Edward II will not be a political tragedy or a love story.
It will be a threat.”
EDWARD II by Christopher Marlowe, Adapted by Stephen M. Eckert
Direction: Stephen M. Eckert
Scenic Design: Fiona Rhodes
Costume Design: Domitille Angoulvant
Lighting Design: Andrew DG Hunt
Sound Design: Yiran Zhang
Dramaturg: Keaton Shapiro
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