ESP tackles David Mamet's (Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna) quick, witty
dialogue with the community theatre premiere of this comedy of manners.
Boston Marriage follows Anna and Claire, two bantering, scheming ladies of
fashion living on the fringe of upper-class society. As the two young
women exchange barbs and take turns taunting Anna's hapless parlor maid,
Claire's young inamorata suddenly appears, setting off a crisis that
threatens the women's future.
Produced by TBA
Directed by Deborah Niezgoda
PARENTAL NOTE: Play contains mature themes and dialogue inappropriate for
children. On a movie rating scale, PG-13.
About the director:
Boston
Marriage is Ms. Niezgoda's first production for ESP. Locally she has
directed productions of The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni
for The Forgotten Opera Company; The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus, The
Merry Widow, The Gypsy Baron, Yeoman of the Guard and The Pirates of
Penzance for the Victorian Lyric Opera Company; Le Nozze di Figaro
for Opera Bel Cantanti; Iolanthe for the Washington Savoyards;
A Little Night Music, Hansel und Gretel, The Impresario, The Stoned Guest,
and La Serva Padron for The
Other Opera; The Barber of Seville, L'oca del Cairo,
Chanticleer, and The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County for Opera
Theatre of Northern Virginia; Ruddigore for the Georgetown Gilbert
and Sullivan Society; Arsenic and Old Lace for the Takoma Theatre and
Brundibar for The Washington National Opera Camp for Kids. She has
worked at the Source Theatre, New Playwrights Theatre, American Playwrights
Theatre, Signature Theatre, and Opera Americana in the Washington D.C. area
and for the Goodspeed Opera House (Connecticut), the Equity Library Theatre
(NYC), and the ABT Studios/Gamerat Corporation (NYC). Upcoming engagements
include Lucia di Lammermoor, Gallantry, and Tartuffe.
About the playwright:
(from
http://www.filmmakers.com/artists/mamet/biography/)
David Alan Mamet (born 1947) is widely known and respected for his work not
only as a Director but also as a Playwright and an Author. The Pulitzer
Prize winner made his name with Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974), The
Duck Variations (1976) and American Buffalo (1977).
Boston Marriage (1999) was
preceded by two successful plays: Glengarry Glen Ross (1984), for which he
won his Pulitzer prize, is a damning representation of the American business
practices, and Speed-the-Plow (1988) gives a savage view of the underside of
the film industry. Although reminiscent of such playwrights as Harold Pinter
and Samuel Beckett, Mamet's dialogue is so unique that it has become known
as "Mametspeak."
Production Dates: March 23 - April 14, 2007
Auditions: January 13 & 14, 2007
Produced by special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service.
ESP Productions are partially supported by grants from the
The Town of Herndon, The Nelson and Katherine Post Foundation, the Virginia
Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
