Dylan McDermott and Susannah Hoffman in Tennessee Williams’ Baby Doll, Adapted by Pierre Laville and Emily Mann, Directed by Emily Mann. Photo by Richard Termine.
Exclusive opportunity for Princeton students:
McCarter Theatre Center’s production of Baby Doll
and Pre-show Discussion with McCarter’s Artistic Director and Resident Playwright Emily Mann
Wednesday, September 30th
5:30p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Discussion and Q&A with Emily Mann in the Wallace Rehearsal Room (complimentary food and drink provided).
7:30 p.m.
Curtain for evening performance of Baby Doll. (performance runs 1 hour 35 minutes with no intermission).
McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place
Free with Tiger Tickets or $15 with student ID
Reserve by Sept. 21 – Seating is limited!
Join McCarter Theatre Center’s Artistic Director and Resident Playwright Emily Mann for a special event geared specifically towards the Princeton campus community. Ms. Mann, celebrating 25 years at McCarter, will speak in detail regarding her career, her unique approaches to playwriting and direction, and the specific challenges involving the American premiere of Tennessee Williams’ Baby Doll, which opens McCarter’s 2015-16 Theatre Season. Baby Doll represents an interesting collaboration in stagecraft, namely Emily Mann’s co-adaptation of the original French language version of the play which premiered in Paris in 2009. Through this new work, Baby Doll joins the gallery of Tennessee Williams’ great female characters which stand among the greatest of the 20th century. Baby Doll features an expansive scenic design by Edward Pierce and features performances by Patricia Conolly, Susannah Hoffman, Robert Joy, and Dylan McDermott.
To reserve a seat at the talk and for tickets to the show, contact the McCarter Theatre box office at 609-258-2787 by Sept. 21.
About Baby Doll
Times are tough in the Mississippi Delta, where cotton is king and the summer heat drives desires of every kind. Tennessee Williams’ 1950s film masterpiece, Baby Doll, was condemned in its time for its riveting tale of commercial and erotic vengeance. The American premiere of this theatrical adaptation will ignite the stage with its darkly comic, steamy tale of one delicate girl’s awakening. From the author of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, and A Streetcar Named Desire, Baby Doll is pure Williams, an enthralling tale of prejudice, sexual politics, and passion.
“Tennessee Williams…a poet of the human heart.” – New York Times
“A compelling story of expectations and obligations, of claiming one’s due” – Huffington Post
