Stone Soup Theatre - Death and the Maiden

Past Plays

Death and the Maiden

By Ariel Dorfman
Directed by Raimondo Genna
Presented January 18-February 10, 2002
at La Jolla Stage Co.

Death and the Maiden is an explosively provocative play set in a country striving to heal from decades of a ruthless dictatorship. Years after her release as a political prisoner, one woman is faced with the man responsible for her rape and torture. Her husband, who has recently been chosen to head the commission that will investigate the crimes of the old regime, must now defend the man she has accused. Everyone is implicated and justice itself comes to seem like a fragile invention.

Here's What the Critics Had to Say:

"Stone Soup has succeeded in drawing us deeply into the suspense." --Pat Launer, KPBS

""I can't remember anything quite so riveting, disturbing and horrifying..." --Charlene Baldridge

"Director Raimondo Genna's production is brutally upfront and completely compelling...Stone Soup founders Caprice Woosley and Rebecca Johannsen appear to have found themselves a bright beginning in this dark play." --Rob Hopper, San Diego Playbill

"To not see this production would be a serious mistake. This is Stone Soup's first production. It is a success." --Robert Hitchcox, totaltheatre.com

Read the Full Reviews:
Pat Launer's KPBS Review
Rob Hopper's San Diego Playbill Review
Robert Hitchcox's Review

Cast: Amy Peters, Farhang Pernoon and Patrick J. Duffy
Sets and Costumes: Tina Goff
Lights: Travis C. Richardson
Sound: Spencer Hill
Stage Manager: Lindsay Byrne
Production Manager: Mark Schmidt