22 Oct Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus
By Christopher Marlowe
Show dates: Sat, 11/2 at 8:00pm & Sun, 11/3 at 2:00pm
Tickets: $5.00 and can be reserved using our online ticketing software, by calling our box office, or at the door.
Type: $5 Bucks Series
Genre: Tragedy
WRP’s $5 Bucks Series continues with full performances (not simply staged readings) of Dr. Faustus by Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, who transformed the Faust legend into the English language’s first epic tragedy.
One of Western culture’s most enduring myths about Doctor Faustus, a professor at the University of Wittenberg, becomes famous for his lectures on divinity, law, medicine, and logic; in debate, he is unchallenged. Having reached the limits of ordinary human knowledge, Faustus yearns for more. One dark evening he conjures up the demon Mephistophilis. Faustus offers his soul to Lucifer in exchange for 24 years of power to achieve whatever his heart desires. The devil accepts the offer but insists that Faustus write his pledge in his own blood. And what a 24 years it is!
Production Team:
Director and Adapted by: Sullivan Ratcliff
Five Bucks Series Coordinator: Jim Fippin
Designed by: August Scarpelli
Cast:
Cecil Eastman – Faustus
Cory Enriquez – Faustus
Jaren Hodgson – Faustus
Robert Webster Jr. – Mephistophilis
Christine May – Robin, Helen of Troy, Cornelius
Casey McCann – Ralph, Valdes, Scholar 2
Emily McMillan Donaldson – Good Angel, Emperor, Scholar 1
Brianna Hohenfeld – Wagner, Cardinal, Paramour
TJ Hayes – Evil Angel, Beelzebub, Old Man, Vintner, Knight
Coming soon!
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Nov 2, 2024 at 8:00pm
Nov 3, 2024 at 2:00pm