Writers' Theatre: The Maids
Where: Writers' Theatre
Start Date & Time:
December 06, 2008 at 12:00 AM
End Date & Time:
April 05, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Event Details:
The Maids
By Jean Genet
Translated by Martin Crimp
Directed by Jimmy McDermott
Performance Venue: 664 Vernon Avenue
Previews: November 18 – December 2, 2008
Regular Run: December 6, 2008 – April 5, 2009
Press opening: December 3 & 4, 2008 at 7:30 pm
When the mistress is away, the maids will play. Two women in service to a younger socialite pass the moments of their day in playacting and fantasy. As the line between fantasy and reality begins to disintegrate, their games take a deadly turn. Jealousy, resentment, sexual tension and murder converge in this 1947 classic French thriller. Jimmy McDermott, one of the city’s most exciting young directors, brings his trademark edginess to this seminally rebellious play.
