Maydays (1985)

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* World Premiere

Maydays (1985)

ACT Resident Director Jeff Steitzer brings this sweeping drama to life. Maydays, created for the Royal Shakespeare Company by David (Nicholas Nickleby) Edgar, is nothing less then epic in both construction and scope. It takes us from 1945 to 1981, from Hungary and the Soviet Union to England and the United States.

Maydays wrestles with the enormous personal and political issues facing the world following World War II. “It is a period which Edgar, social historian cum dramatist, has sought to illuminate: the squabbles, the disillusionments, the recriminations, the wrongheadedness as much as the personal growth and political integrity of his favoured characters,” according to Plays & Players, “. . . a play by which all others on the theme of modern political history may Well come to be judged.”

Maydays will boast one of the largest casts of professional actors ever assembled on the AUF Mainstage. With sets and lighting by Bill Forrester, costumes by Liz Covey, and sound by James Verdery, Maydays is certain to be an exciting, challenging production.

About the Play

Written By:

David Edgar

About the Production

Run Dates:	7/18/1985 - 8/11/1985
Program:	Program (.pdf)
Venue:	Queen Anne
Directed By:	Anne-Denise Ford Jeff Steitzer
Cast:	Laurence Ballard - Miklos Paloczi Kurt Beattie - Pavel Lermontov Richard M. Davidson - Forgach; Hugh Trelawney Richard (R.A.) Farrell - Sergeant; Pugachev; Chief Officer Sandra Galeota - Judy Lizabeth Hinton - Cathy Weiner; First Woman Randy Hoffmeyer - Second Soldier; Korolenko; Paperseller; Third Libertarian Paul Hostetler - Teddy Weiner David S. Klein - Bela Szilagyi; Policeman; Paperseller; First Libertarian Diana LaMar - Erica Molnar; Second Libertarian; Tania Martin LaPlatney - James Grain Lori Larsen - Clara; Paperseller; Molly; Third Woman Susan Ludlow - Old Woman; Doctor; Mrs. Glass; Second Woman Brian Martin - Brian Rex McDowell - Third Soldier; Ron David Pichette - Martin Glass Demetra Pittman - Amanda Richard Riehle - Jeremy Crowther Clark D. Sandford - Prisoner; Clark Sullivan; Paperseller Paul Anthony Weber - First Soldier; Officer; Paperseller; Smoking Partygoer David P. Whitehead - Young Soldier; Student; Paperseller; Young Man R. Hamilton Wright - Phil Mandrell Roald Berton Wulff - MVD Official; Detective; Official in Frankfurt
Behind the Scenes:	Liz Covey - Costume Designer Gregory A. Falls - Producing Director Bill Forrester - Lighting Designer; Set Designer Phil Schermer - Producing Director Susan Trapnell Moritz - Administrative Manager James Verdery - Sound Designer Jorie Wackerman - Stage Manager

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