Melancholy Play
A Chamber Musical
By Todd Almond & Sarah Ruhl
June 7-16, 2024
Director: Emily Davis
Assistant Director: Rachel Meyer
Musical Director: Lexie Thiessen
Intimacy Coordinator: Stephanie Schneider
Stage Manager: Katrina Colahan*
Set Designer: Zach Hodgson
Lighting Designer: Eli Heginger
Costume Designer: Jill McMahon
Props Manager: Macey Brackin
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Tilly: Maggie Schmitt*
Frances: Katie Shepard
Joan: Jennifer K.D. Hughes*
Lorenzo: Craig Petersen
Frank: Giovanni Bahena*
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Producer: Davida D. Williams
Production Manager: Sarah Couer
Technical Director: Todd Warming
Artistic Producer: Alex Wendel
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*Iowa Stage Resident Artist
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Craig & Betty Miller
Fred & Charlotte Hubbell
Tilly's exquisite melancholy turns seductive, unraveling a whimsical tale of love, chaos, and the quest to bring happiness back.
In this chamber musical version of Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play, Tilly’s melancholy is of an exquisite quality. She turns her melancholy into a sexy thing, and every stranger she meets falls in love with her. One day, inexplicably, Tilly becomes happy, and wreaks havoc on the lives of her paramours. Frances, Tilly’s hairdresser, becomes so melancholy that she turns into an almond. It is up to Tilly to get her back.
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