THE IDIOT

May 6June 7, 1998

About Face Theatre
Adapted and Directed by Ensemble Member David Catlin
From the book by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

At a time in the mid-19th century Russia when each woman’s fate is arranged and bargained for, a brilliant and adored young woman struggles to escape the brutal realities of high society. Can one man, a frail and simple outsider, save her from her own self-destruction? Filled with incredible characters who live as if everything were on fire, The Idiot is both a melodramatic thriller and a spiritual quest that exposes the ugly underbelly of St. Petersburg’s upper crust, as well as the sublime and comic impulses of human nature.

Featuring

Featuring Ensemble Members Lawrence E. DiStasi, David Schwimmer, Philip R. Smith, and Heidi Stillman, with Marilyn Dodds Frank, Anne Fogarty, Louise Lamson, Meg Rohlfing, Michael Shannon, Troy West, and Gary Wingert.

Lookingglass Artists

Lookingglass is an ensemble based company, with a dedicated group of artists composing its roster of Ensemble Members, Artistic Associates, and Teaching Artists.

CHRISTINE A. BINDER
Artistic Associate
MARA BLUMENFELD
Ensemble Member
DAVID CATLIN
Ensemble Member
LAWRENCE E. DISTASI
Ensemble Member
SARA GMITTER
Artistic Associate
LOUISE LAMSON
Ensemble Member
DANIEL OSTLING
Ensemble Member
DAVID SCHWIMMER
Ensemble Member
PHILIP R. SMITH
Ensemble Member
HEIDI STILLMAN
Ensemble Member
TROY WEST
Artistic Associate