Born in 1579 on Aldersgate Street, died of dropsy on Fleet Street 1650, the notorious Moll Cutpurse was both a pickpocket and an expert fencer, a cross dresser and self-proclaimed “governess of the underworld.” In her cheeky, quick-witted adaptation of the original Jacobean citizen play, Alice Tuan brings Moll into the 21st century, a world where the days of the week have corporate sponsors, free speech costs a fortune, beauty is mandatory and theatre has been declared illegal. Against this backdrop, Moll will stage a performance of her forbidden “Show of Shows,” rallying her fellow citizens into a roar against the imperiousness of the day.
2004 : Baruch College Performing Arts Center
Company
Written by: Alice Tuan
Directed by: Melanie Joseph
Choreographed by: David Neumann
Produced by: Bonnie Metzgar
Featuring:
Okwui Okpokwasili
Michael Urie
Jodi Lin
John Epperson
Steven Rattazzi
Douglas Rees
Marissa Copeland
Andrew McGinn
Rebecka Ray
Steve Cuiffo
Clove Gallilee
Harry Hogan
Michael Huston
Michael Caban
Set Design: Louisa Thompson
Lighting Design: Natasha Katz
Costume Design: Doey Luethi
Sound Designer: Jill Duboff
Production Stage Manager: Jane Pole
Casting by: Heidi Griffiths
Press
“A smart, cutting adaptation … so much spice, it seems exotic.” The New York Times
“A lively playful intelligence energizes the Roaring Girle.” New York Newsday