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Amadeus
Written by Peter Shaffer
directed by Jason Howard
2007-2008 SEASON
PRODUCTION DATES
February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 at 8 p.m.
Sunday Matinee: February 17 at 2:30 p.m.
SYNOPSIS (from Wikipedia)
At the opening of the tale, Salieri is an old man, having long outlived his fame, and is convinced he is the assassin of Mozart (by poison). He then speaks directly to the audience, promising to explain himself. The play then flashes back to the late eighteenth century, at a time when Salieri has not met Mozart in person, but has heard of him and his music. He adores Mozart's compositions, and is thrilled at the chance to meet Mozart in person, during a salon at some of Mozart's compositions will be played. When he finally does catch sight of Mozart, however, he is deeply disappointed to find that Mozart's personality does not match the grace or charm of his compositions: Mozart is crawling around on his hands and knees, engaging in sexual talk with Constanze Weber (who later became his wife). As Mozart himself later explains: "I am a vulgar man....but I assure you, my music is not."
Salieri cannot reconcile Mozart's boorish behavior with the massive genius that God has inexplicably bestowed upon him. Indeed, Salieri, who has been a devout Catholic all his life, cannot believe that God would choose Mozart over him for such a gift. Salieri rejects God and vows to do everything in his power to destroy Mozart.
Throughout much of the rest of the play, Salieri masquerades as Mozart's ally to his face, while at the same time doing his utmost to destroy his reputation and any success his compositions may have. On more than one occasion it is only the direct intervention of the emperor himself that allows Mozart to continue (interventions which Salieri opposes, and then is all too happy to take credit for when Mozart assumes it was he who intervened). Salieri also humiliates Mozart's wife when she comes to Salieri for aid, and smears Mozarts character with the emperor and the court. A major theme in Amadeus is Mozart's epeated attempts to win over the aristocratic "public" with increasingly brilliant compositions, which are always frustrated either by Salieri or by the aristocracy's own inability to appreciate Mozart's genius. During this time Mozart also receives the services of a maidservant, Lor. While this is never made fully clear in the story, the indications seem to be that she was in fact supplied to him by Salieri in order that she could spy on Mozart, reporting back to Salieri.
The play ends with Salieri attempting suicide in a last pathetic attempt to be remembered, leaving a false confession of having murdered Mozart with arsenic. He survives, however, and his confession is disbelieved by all, leaving him to wallow once again in mediocrity.
| Role | Description | Actor | |
| Venticello | Marilyn Browning |  |
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| Venticello Katherina Cavalieri | Maegan Carnew |  |
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| Salieri | Dwayne Bailey |  |
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| Valet | Ashley Cressy |  |
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| Cook | Ally Connealy |  |
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| Teresa Salieri | Nela Wilems |  |
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| Chamberlain Johanna Von Strack | Patti Meiners |  |
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| Count Orsini-Rosenberg | Kenny Haney |  |
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| Baron Van Swieten | John Meiners |  |
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| Emperor Joseph II | Jack Henry |  |
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| Mozart | Zak Daily |  |
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| Constanze Weber | Amy Howard |  |
| Director | Jason Howard |  |
| Assistant Director | Erin Cressy |  |
| Stage Manager | Michelle Cressy |  |
| Set/Sound/Lighting Design | Jason Howard | |
| Set Crew | Ally Connealy Ashley Cressy |
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| Costume Design | Amy Howard Marilyn Browning Nela Wilems Michelle Cressy |
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| Set Construction | Michael Howard Maggie Eubanks John Eubanks Mackey Skinner Anne Dickens Durrell Dickens Louis Cressy Patti Meiners John Meiners |
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| Set Painting/Artwork | Nelda Haney Michelle Cressy Patti Meiners John Meiners Roy Cressy |
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| Production Manager | Maggie Eubanks |  |
| Poster Design | Erin Cressy Roy Cressy |
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| Harpsichord provided by Brenda O'Dell | ||
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