July 2014

Corrupt politicians, a cunning spy, and the elusive Duchess all play a razor-sharp game of cat and mouse.  Big Brother lurks around every corner in this noirish masterpiece.

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REVIEWS

"Get to this performance before it’s final death scene. The alternative will haunt you!" - Cylee Durkee, DC Metro Theater Arts

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"Fantastic actors breathing life and complexity into each line" - Rachel Kurzius, Washington City Paper

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"Taking their first step away from the works of Shakespeare they have struck gold.” - Jeffery Walker, DC Theatre Scene

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"Reisman keeps Webster’s often ghoulish plot moving at the speed of an executioner’s axe." - Celia Wren, The Washington Post

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 "Bravo to We Happy Few for reviving (and compressing) this rarely performed Jacobean gem." - Elizabeth Bruce, Broadway World

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FEATURING

Gwen Grastorf

Brit Herring*
Drew Kopas*

Matthew Pauli

Lindsey D. Snyder 

Jonathon Lee Taylor*

Harlan Work*

Rafael Untalan*

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DIRECTED BY

Paul Reisman*

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DESIGN

Jason Aufdem-Brinke (lighting)

Casey Kaleba (fights)

Robert Pike (sound)

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*a member of the Actors' Equity Association