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Machinal

WestRep Stage | Danbury, CT

by Sophie Treadwell

She is a cog in a machine she did not build. In Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal, one woman’s life is shaped and ultimately shattered by the mechanized forces of modern society. This visceral, physical production explores the collapse of a soul forced to submit to the grinding pressures of labor, gender, and social expectation. Inspired by the 1928 true crime case of Ruth Snyder and told with the cold precision of an assembly line, Machinal asks: what happens when the need to get free outweighs the unthinkable cost?

Written by Sophie Treadwell

Directed by Annie G. Levy

Assistant Director: Allison Mele

Scenic Design: Oliver Wason

Lighting Design:  Oliver Wason

Costume Design: Joni Johns Lerner

Sound Design: George LaChance

Production Stage Manager: Summer Wilmot

Assistant Stage Manager: Sadie Baran

Production Assistant Francesca Del Gardo

Production Manager: Joni Johns Lerner

Technical Director: Thomas Swetz

Asst. Technical Director: Owen Chadbourne

 

Props Manager: Cole Bartmon

Hair and Makeup Head: Chanelle Jaime-Guzman

Asst. Scenic Designer: Maren Leyva

Asst. Costume Designer: Brianna Twerdy

Asst. Sound Designer: James King

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Dramaturgs Bryan ReimertzNico MaysonetEsther GoldsteinAlixea Reyes

 

Producing Artistic Director Justin P. Cowan

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Cast:  Blessett Leola Anderson, Olivia Renèe Anne, Paul Carlantone, Lucas Dylan,  Brett Foltz, Ben Goffredo, Trevor Howard,  Max Konidaris, Natalie Kitchin, Nico Maysonett, Sandra Mood, Carlos Pèrez, Dylan Reynes,  Amanda Seer, Jake Stemmer,  Jocelyn Titus, Willa Voorhis, and Sofia Zizolfo-Gonzalez.

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Swings: Bianca Daniels,  Esther Goldstein Mason Gowell, Reilly Gramesty,  Bryan Reimertz,  Rachel Rosenberg Zachary Simmons, and Maxwell Wetherhold. 

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Photographer:  Anastasiia Vladymyrenko

Videographer: Kevin Geraghty

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