Betrothed
Written & Directed by Rachel Dickstein
Original Score Composed by Vijay Iyer
Based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Treatment of Bibi Haldar, Chekhov’s fable Betrothed, and S. Ansky’s folktale The Dybbuk.
Inspired by Indian Kathak folk dance, Marc Chagall, and wedding ceremonies from South Asian and Western cultures, the play offers a unique look inside three women’s struggle between marriage and personal independence.
Created in collaboration with the ensemble: Laura Butler-Rivera, Lula Graves, Daniel Irizarry, Ryan Justesen, Mahira Kakkar, Derek Lucci, Paula McGonagle, Gita Reddy, Alok Tewari
Set Design by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Costume Design by Oana Botez-Ban
Lighting Design by Nicole Pearce
Produced by Catherine Ward
Production Manager / TD Gary Levinson
Production Stage Manager Joanna Leigh Jacobson
Assistant Set and Prop design by Emily Rebholz
“A richly sensual and imaginative triptych filled with pleasures for the eyes and ears.”
“Intoxicating! [Director Rachel] Dickstein is clearly a passionate artist and she’s staged this piece with an ecstatic vigor of a woman in love.”
“Dickstein weaves a dreamy, enchanting dance-theatre piece. The cast enacts each story with glowing fullness, and Vijay Iyer’s liquid music shimmers throughout.”
May 4-26, 2007 at the Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street
Betrothed was first presented in a workshop production at the Soho Think Tank’s Ice Factory 2006.
