A Dispute

(after the play by Pierre de Marivaux, 1744)

Direction by Alistair Newton 
Devising and Dramaturgy by Alistair Newton and PLA 305 
Video Design by Beth Kates
Sound Design by Lyon Smith
Stage Management by Melanie Nablo
Libertine gown by Bone & Busk by Katharina Mior 
Libertine wig by Alice Norton 

Costume Design by Camila Farah 
Makeup by Justin Santiago
Additional Editing by Sadie Harrison  

Powered by Stream Stage 

Run

October 8th, 2020 - October 10th, 2020

Synopsis

A Dispute: an experiment for quarantine (after the play by Pierre de Marivaux, 1744), Devised by PLA 306 for Randolph College

A Zoom room, circa 2040, twenty years into an endless quarantine. An Aristocratic and her Beau meet for date night and attempt to settle an age-old debate in a very contemporary way. What begins as a social experiment — with live human subjects — quickly expands, and by the end of the evening, assumptions are exposed, and binaries exploded. Inspired by the play by Marivaux, a debate on 18th Century sex is given a 21st Century renovation in order to interrogate notions of gender, fidelity, and identity.
Comedy, satire, and classical French theatre tropes combine to speak boldly in troubled times.

Cast

Camila Farah
Daniel Rousell
Emily Templeman
Justin Santiago
Katia Le Rolle
Sadie Harrison
Sarah McMillan
Sophie St. Jean
Sydney Jinjoe