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‘The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre)’ Closes Out Department of Drama 2023-24 Season

Thursday, April 18, 2024, By Joanna Penalva
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College of Visual and Performing ArtsDepartment of DramaSyracuse Stage

The Droll Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre with three silhouettes The Syracuse University Department of Drama concludes the 2023-24 season with “The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre),” by Meg Miroshnik. Directed by Celia Madeoy, performances of “The Droll” will be held April 19-28 in the Storch Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex, 820 East Genesee St. Tickets are available through the Syracuse Stage Box Office or by phone at 315.443.3275.

It is one year after the End of Theatre and 12-year-old Nim Dullyn has just witnessed his first droll—an underground performance of comedic excerpts from famous plays. Seduced by the magic of the stage, Nim joins an illegal theatre troupe and sets out for the city, with the beastly Roundheads—a group of fundamentalists who deem theatre an abomination—hot on their trail.

“Meg Miroshnik is an exciting young American playwright, and this is only the second fully-staged production of this inventive play that imagines a place and time without theatre,” says Madeoy. “It has everything: danger, deception, revolt, romance, comedy, cosplay, poetry, punk rock, fights, songs and spectacle. I’m thrilled for Syracuse audiences to experience it.”

Inspired by the 17th-century theatre closures of Puritan England, “The Droll” is a daring and darkly funny play that celebrates our need to come together in the act of collective storytelling.

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‘The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre)’

  • By Meg Miroshnik
  • Directed by Celia Madeoy
  • Scenic design by Alexis Wilner
  • Costume design by Sofia Pizer
  • Lighting design by Mairead Cummins
  • Sound design by Kevin O’Connor
  • Music composition by Eleni Stavros
  • Fight and intimacy choreography by Alec Barbour
  • Clown and movement direction by Richard Dent
  • Dialect coaching by Blake Segal
  • Dramaturgy by Antonia Portales
  • Stage managed by Kit Verweij

Cast

  • Roundhead……………………………………………………..Jim McMahon James
  • Killingworth…………………………………………………………….Anthony Tibolla
  • William Rifel……………………………………………………………………Will Nissen
  • Margaret Killingworth…………………………………………………….Micaiah John
  • Nim Dullyn………………………………………………………………Hazel Kinnersley
  • Thomas Dread Rosey………………………………………………….Nathan Ayotte
  • Doll Cutpurse………………………………………………………….Sarah Cummings
  • Roundhead Spy, Ensemble, Swing……………………………………..Kyle Hejlik
  • Roundhead Spy, Ensemble, Swing……………………………………Jamie Mack

Additional Credits

  • Fight Captain: Kit Verweij
  • Consultants: Meegs Longacre, Tatiyyanah Queen-Asia Hope Nelums
  • Assistant Director: Zach Asnis
  • Assistant Scenic Designer: Evan Hoover
  • Assistant Lighting Designer: James Klemmer
  • Assistant Stage Managers: Sami Renea English, Grace Mineiro
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