Septimus and Clarissa

Adapted from the novel, Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
Written by Ellen McLaughlin
Developed with & Directed by Rachel Dickstein
Original Music by Gina Leishman

Nominated for a Drama Desk (Best Score), Drama League (Best Production), and Joe A. Calloway Award (Outstanding Direction)

SEPTIMUS AND CLARISSA takes audiences on a timely and harrowing ride inside the minds of a shell-shocked World War I veteran and an upper-class housewife forced to face her deepest fears. This visceral exploration of Woolf’s groundbreaking novel dives deep into the tensions of post-WWI London to expose the darkness that lurks beneath the fragile surface of peace.

Created in collaboration with the ensemble: Craig Baldwin, LeeAnne Hutchison, Paula McGonagle, Ellen McLaughlin, Tom Nelis, Henry Stram, Susan Pellegrino, Tommy Schrider, and Miriam Silverman.

Set and properties by Susan Zeeman Rogers
Costumes by Oana Botez-Ban
Lighting by Keith Parham
Sound by Jane Shaw

Dialect and voice work by Ginger Eckert

Original score recorded by Doug Wieselman (clarinets), Charlie Burnham (violin), Marika Hughes (cello), Gina Leishman (piano, glass) and Kenny Wollesen(percussion).

“Thrilling and richly theatrical… Septimus and Clarissa” finds hypnotic poetry in the ordinary, the solemn, the rapturous and just about everything in between.”

— The New York Times

“The best adaptation of Virginia Woolf that I’ve ever seen on stage or screen.”

— The Huffington Post

“A breathtaking fusion of Woolf’s text, Ellen McLaughlin’s adept adaptation, Gina Leishman’s evocative musical score, Rachel Dickstein’s imaginative direction, as well as well-chosen design elements and choreography created in collaboration with the intense and sensitive ensemble.”

— Backstage

Extended run at Baruch Center for Performing Arts September 7th-October 8th, 2011.

Septimus and Clarissa

Nominated for a Drama Desk (Best Score), Drama League (Best Production), and Joe A. Calloway Award (Outstanding Direction)

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