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VTC in 2001-2002
The Deadly Game
Guest Director Michael Doane opened the season with a legal
thriller.
Howard Trapp, a traveling salesman, finds himself snowbound
with a group of retired attorneys enjoying a gourmet dinner and
what he believes to be a unique party game. He is to be placed
on trail for the murder of his former boss, although he
claims to "have never committed a crime in his life."
However as the trial proceeds, he is no longer certain
that this is just a game or that the potential punishment of
death by hanging will not be carried out! The Deadly
Game raised interesting questions about the role of law
in society and the nature of innocence.
The Lion in Winter
ACT Award Winning Director and VTC
Artistic Director Suzanne Maloney
(Few Good Men, To Kill a Mockingbird) returned with James
Goldman's The Lion in Winter, whose rich characters provide
an fascinating picture of the intrigues and alliances of
English and French royalty and the struggle for power during
the late 12th century. In this wonderful revival of Christmas 1183 at the Royal Court of Windsor,
King Henry II of England had to fend off wife Eleanor
of Aquitaine, and their sons Richard and Geoffrey in order to get
his son John on the throne and keep his young mistress Alais,
all while keeping an eye on her brother Philip, King of France!
Gigi
Director and Board Member Dave Costa delighted audiences
with Lerner and Loewe's Gigi. Set in Paris at the
turn of the century, this delightful musical, based on
a story by Collette, follows a precocious French girl
as she is groomed into a would-be courtesan, blossoming
into a stunning woman. The cast charmed audiences with
classic songs such as "Gigi," "Thank Heaven for Little Girls,"
and "I Remember It Well."
The
cast was called "outstanding and talented" by The
Washington Post.
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