Cast: Troy Lindsey, Ryan Oliver, Shannon O’ Neill, Beata Pilch, Nicole Wiesner, and Wesley Walker.

Playwright

Stanisław I. Witkiewicz is one of the most brilliant figures of the European avant-garde. He was a poet, painter, playwright, an expert on drugs, an early spokesman for a radically non-realistic theatre and an original philosopher and social critic of mass culture, post-industrial society, and the rise of totalitarianism. He was also a pioneer in serious experimentation with narcotics and prophetically recognized the growing importance that they would have on Western civilization. Politics, revolution, and even art were similar “drugs.” Witkiewicz committed suicide in September of 1939, days after Poland was invaded by both: Nazi Germany and Communist Russia. He is best known for his plays The Madman and the Nun, The Mother, The Water Hen, The Anonymous Work, and The Shoemakers.

Director

Andrew Krukowski was born in Poland. From 1980-1984 he attended the Film School in Lódź, with alumni that included Roman Polański and Krzysztof Kieślowski. After graduation, he worked in theaters throughout Poland, Germany and the Untied States. His first directorial debut was in 1985, Schaeffer’s Audience: 3.

Stage Manager: Temple Lentz / Lighting Design: Richard Norwood / Set Design: Dave Correia / Costume Design: Beata Pilch & Andrew Krukowski / Graphic Design: Wesley Walker / Fight Choreography: Danny Robles / Sound Design: Ania Czerwinska Video Epilogue Director: Frank Carridi / Video Design: Tom Pendergast / Video Editor: Carrie Holt / Video Wardrobe: Imma Curl