Working with the Junior Acting Company on this play, we bring to the stage late 19th century Jutland, Norway, we bring the austerity Martin Luther devotees, we bring the acceptance and forgiveness of a closed society. It is important to tell stories from many perspectives that represent the wideness of the human experience. From August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars” to Tennessee Williams “Orpheus Descending” to “Babette’s Feast”.
Oh yeah, “Babette can cook”!Īs a Director and Teacher, part of my mission at Purchase College is to bring a collection of different voices to our campus community. The two ascetic sisters are conflicted by this request because they see it 1.) as an extravagance, 2.) she’s a foreigner, and 3.) she’s ROMAN CATHOLIC! However, their Christian charity will not permit them to turn her away. On their doorstep one rainy June night, 1871, arrives Babette, a distraught refugee of civil war in France, seeking a job as a maid. It tells the story of two elderly spinster daughters of a deceased religious leader, who are now trying to hold their aging and argumentative congregation together. Run Crew | Paul Towley, Jagger Vera & Ellie McIntyreīefore “Babette’s Feast” emerged as Karen Blixen’s play, it was a film by Gabriel Axel, and before that a short story by Isak Dinesen. Lighting Board Operator | David Fitzpatrickįollowspot Operator | Natalie Saint-RossyĪssistant Costume Designer | Kei KurakakeĢnd Assistant Costume Designer | Sabrina EhrnsteinĪssistant Sound Designer | Anthony MarinaroĪutomation Operator | Christopher Grainer Production Stage Manager | Arcadio LozanoĪssistant Scenic Designer | Julia Janovsky Loewenhielmĭaija North | Erna/Henrick (Bread Seller) Sanise Lebron | Young Loewenhielm/Lief (Red-Haired Boy)Īrielle Moore | Lady of the Court/Mrs.
Max Garfin | Lars/Alf (Fish Buyer)/Dresser Performed for a limited audience in The Abbott-Kaplan Theatre, The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, SUNY
Conceived and developed by Abigail Killeen, written by Rose Courtney, adapted from the short story by Isak Dinesenįeaturing BFA Acting Company 47 and Theatre Design/Technology and