By Jean Giraudoux, adapted by Maurice Valency
Directed by Sam D. White
The play is set in the Cafe de l'Alma in the Chaillot district of Paris. It is said that Molière, Racine, and La Fontaine used to frequent this cafe. But these days a group of corrupt corporate executives are meeting. They include the Prospector, the President, and the Baron, and they are planning to dig up Paris to get at the oil which they believe lies beneath its streets. Their nefarious plans come to the attention of Countess Aurelia, the benignly eccentric madwoman of the title. She is an aging idealist who sees the world as happy and beautiful. But, advised by her associate, the Ragpicker, who is a bit more worldly than the Countess, she soon comes to realize that the world might well be ruined by these evil men—men who seek only wealth and power.
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Featuring
- The President: Ned O'Reilly
- The Baroness: Rebecca Raether
- The Broker: Louise Stout
- The Investor: Edric Johnson
- The Prospector: Sean Langenecker
- The Street Musician: db Pedersen
- The Flower Girl: Eilish Valley
- The Medic: Alicia McCanna
- The Ragpicker: Lee Waldhart
- The Deaf Mute: John Siewert
- The Peddler: Jane Leahy
- The Delivery Boy: Adam Desantes
- The Street Jugglers: Hannah Craig and Anmol Gupta
- The Sergeant: Tim Irvin
- Martian, The Waiter: Geremy Webne-Behrman
- Irma: Juli Johnson
- Dr. Jadin: Betsy Wood
- Countess Aurelia: Maxine Fleckner-Ducey
- Pierre: Jay Gable
- Theresa: Hadassah McCloskey
- Paul: Kieran Valley
- The Sewer Man: Edric Johnson
- Constance: Judy Kimball
- Gabrielle: Pam Adams
- Josephine: Susan Burleigh
- The Presidents: Ned O'Reilly, Louise Stout, Alicia McCanna
- The Prospectors: Sean Langennecker, Betsy Wood, Kieran Valley
- The Press Agents: Adam Desantes, Alicia McCanna, Hadassah McCloskey
- The Ladies Auxiliary: Rebecca Raether, Betsy Wood, Louise Stout
- The Adolphe Bertauts: Edric Johnson, Adam Desantes, Kieran Valley
- Aurelia’s Voices: Judy Kimball, Pam Adams, Susan Burleigh
