Title, Premiere and Location
PIER GYNT
Written By
Adapted from PEER GYNT by Henrik Ibsen as translated by Rolf Fjelde
With original music by David Reiffel
Location-Eastport, Maine
Synopsis
Ibsen's epic adapted with music for Eastport, Maine (population: 1,982), the easternmost U.S. town and unfolding between 1930 and 1990. Performed in a Masonic lodge by a cast including residents of the local Passamaquoddy reservation.
Staff
Director - Bill Rauch
Producer - James Bundy
Set Designer - Benajah Cobb
Lighting Designer - Mary-Ann Greanier
Composer and Sound Designer - David Reiffel
Costume and Poster Designer - Lynn Jeffries
Choreographer - Anne Tofflemore
Stage Manager - Alice Lyobs Huctchins
Techinical Director - Jay Skriletz
Box Office and House Manager - Patti Payette
Assistant Director - Mary Bassett
Assistant Stage Manager - Helen Martin
Assistant Technical Director - John Sullivan
Assistant to Assistant Technical Director - Michael Sullivan
Assistant Lighting Designer - Karen Strellrecht
Assistant Poster Designer - Kenneth Ouellette
Sound Constructions - Tom McLaughlin, Paul Shockley, Chris Wright
Dialect Coach - Beverly McInnis
Costume Crew - Karen Theriault, Joyce Weber
Cast
| Esther |
Deanna Francis |
| Pier Gynt, her son |
Christopher Moore |
| Esther's Friends |
Deborah Kinney, Judy McGarvey |
| Cloonan, a shipwright |
Doug Robinson |
| The Singer at the Wedding (and others) |
Ashby Semple |
| The Three Back-up Singers at the Wedding (and others) |
Douglas Casement, Carmen Perkins, Maynard Stanley |
| The People of the Eastport Area |
Eva Altvater, Liam Casement, David Chicoine, Kathy Chicoine, Fred Engel, Jeffrey Frankland, Jim Glasser, Gerry Kinney, Janet Phelps, Leslie Standlin, Karen Theriault, Seana Tomah, Joyce Weber |
| Solveig's Father |
Peter Metcalf |
| Solveig's Mother |
Ann Pike |
| Solveig |
Amy Brenneman |
| Helga, Solveig's sister |
Alayna Wilson |
| Mike Moon, the Groom |
Lou Esposito |
| Mike's Father |
Wes Moncrief |
| Mike's Mother |
Valerie Maggiani |
| The Father of the Bride (and others) |
Peter Howard |
| Ingrid, the bride (and others) |
Alison Carey |
| The Lighthouse Keepers |
Eileen Curtis, Rebecca Day, Beverly McInnis |
| The Sea Kids |
Pquites Dana, Alan Stanley, J.R. Stanley, J.R. Stanley, Ivy Toney |
| Mary, Esther's friend |
Emma Nichols |
| The Sea Brat |
David Claroni |
| The Airline Passenger |
Brenda Vonville |
| The Airline Navigator |
Anthony Liss |
| The Sardine Packer |
Kerry Tobias |
| A Man at a Pulpit |
Ed Jordan |
| Musicians |
Bruce Kyle (Bass), Barbara Smith (Guitar and Vocals), David Reiffel (Piano) |
| Waders |
Robert Burke, Jeffrey Frankland, Amy Metcalf, Ann Sanders, John Sullivan, Liam Casement, Sandy Haddock, Kenneth Oulette, Paul Shockley, Kerry Tobias |
Comments by cast, crew, and other participants.
Subsequent Performances or Productions
Special Notes
Articles, Reviews, and other Links
Program:
Theater Week Article:
Review by BDN Maine:
http://archive.bangordailynews.com/1990/05/29/energy-of-pier-gynt-keeps-audience-enthralled/
Program:
1990 Pier Gynt program copy.pdf
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