The Master & Margarita
FROM THE NOVEL BY MIKHAIL BULGAKOV
ADAPTED BY EDWARD KEMP
DIRECTED BY LOUIS CONTEY
Feb 27, 2011–Apr 2, 2011
3829 N. Broadway
1930’s Moscow. Stalinism reigns and the playwright known as The Master is desperately fighting theatre critics and government censors to get his script about Jesus and Pontius Pilate produced. Into this picture steps Professor Woland, a “specialist in black magic” with an entourage of demons and a talking cat, to set Moscow on its ear with a party of the damned. Strawdog is excited as (ahem) hell to have Timeline Theatre associate artist Louis Contey (Awake and Sing!, Copenhagen) bringing this wild masterpiece of Russian Literature to our stage.
“★★★ … [Bulgakov] would have loved this $20 production.”
— Chicago Tribune
“Recommended … so many beautiful moments …”
— New City
Cast
Christy Arington
as Rimsky/ Lucrezia Borgia
Alejandro Cordoba
as Andrei/ Kaifa
Anita Deely
as Azazello
Kyle Gibson*
as Ivan
Sarah Goeden*
as Natasha/ Messalina
Dan Granata
as Trepan/ Caligula
Dennis Grimes
as Master
Tom Hickey
as Woland/Afranius
Anderson Lawfer*
as Behemoth
Ian Maxwell
as Pilate/Stravinsky
Loretta Rezos
as Hella/Signora Tofana
Jude Roche
as Ratslayer/ Glumov/ Jack the Ripper
John Stovkis
as Varuka/ Maitre Jacques
Danny Taylor
as Fagott
Ron Thomas
as Berlioz/ Archibaldovich/ Marquis de Sade
Justine C. Turner*
as Margarita
John Wilson
as Pogoda/ Dubley
Creative Team
Lou Contey
Director
Joe Schermoly
Set Design
Sean T. Mallary
Light Design
Jordan Kardasz*
Ass't Light Design
Joanna Melville*
Costume Design
D.J. Reed
Props Design
Mikhail Fiksel
Sound Design
Eileen Mallary
Choreography
Joe Schermoly
Technical Direction
Maren Robinson
Dramaturge
Ellen Willett
Stage Manager
Jon Nook
Master Electrician
Cortney Hurley
Production Manager
* Strawdog Theatre ensemble member