THE CRITICS
"There's some finely calibrated work happening at Classic Stage.
Kathleen Chalfant and Marin Ireland… speak with elegiac care in a
conversation that the performers suffuse with delicate sadness. Les Waters
directs his two performers with a light an assured touch."
-Newsday
"Performed and staged with quiet excellence, Savannah
Bay is a piece of grave beauty.
Director Les Waters stages the play with a measured hand; designer Myung
Hee Cho's austere setting becomes a canvas for Robert Wierzel's exquisite
lighting..."
-New Jersey Star Ledger
"Director Les Waters choreographs
it all as though it were a narrative ballet, a kind of stylized, storytelling
minuet. In the end it succeeds the way a sonnet that won't die in your
mind does. It takes itself seriously, and its seriousness is lovely."
-The New York Times
Edith Piaf sings on a record player. The sun's warm light dances on the face of the sea. Amidst the sand and rich salt air, a once famous French actress meets the granddaughter she never really knew. They discover a common bond to a lost mother and daughter, Savannah.
Marguerite DurasÕ SAVANNAH BAY awaits a major New York production. Exploring themes of love, loss and the overwhelming power of memory, SAVANNAH BAY is a gossamer, lyrical and beautifully haunting work of theater.
Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant (WIT, ANGELS IN AMERICA) returns to Classic Stage to star as the Actress, and internationally renowned director Les Waters stages this exquisite work.
A production in our "Classic Stages / New Visions" series of contemporary
classics.
CREDITS
Kathleen Chalfant Madeleine
Marin Ireland Young Woman
Les Waters Director
Barbara Bray Translator
Myung Hee Cho Set Design
Ilona Somogyi Costume Design
Robert Wierzel Lighting Design
Darron L West Sound Design
Vince Liebhart/Tom Alberg Casting
Rachel J. Perlman Production Stage Manager