THE OXFORD ROOF CLIMBER'S REBELLION
by Stephen Massicotte
AMERICAN PREMIERE!
MY MEMORY: This play was offered to me to just as I was going on vacation. My first reaction was "I can't do a play now"-- and then I read it. Well, plays this good don't drop into your lap every day. It was an honor to introduce it to New York audiences.
WORLD WAR I VETERANS FACE SWEET AND FITTING LIE. In Stephen Massicotte’s excellent new play the two veterans are T. E. Lawrence and Robert Graves, and it takes no leap of the imagination to translate their World War I experiences into stories from today’s newspaper. Roger Danforth maintains the tension throughout, and Alex Koch’s video design transports the audience from the trenches of World War I to the Arabian desert to the ivied walls of All Soul’s, Oxford. The drama of Mr. Massicotte’s riveting play could not be more timely. – The New York Times
The first thing you should know about this play by Canadian Stephen Massicotte is that it glows with an uncommon intelligence. Massicotte is well served by this superior cast, securely directed by Roger Danforth. These 95 minutes are among the most sophisticated and absorbing currently on a New York stage. – Backstage
Director Roger Danforth has overcome the constraints of a small black box theater to create a powerful theatrical experience. He has drawn superb performances from the entire cast. Stafford Clark-Price's Graves is a convincing emotional centerpiece. Dylan Chalfy is riveting as the charismatic, angry and volatile Lawrence. Erin Moon is also excellent as Graves' feminist wife; there's one scene between her and Chalfy that just takes your breath away. -- Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up
BACKSTAGE: Performances to Remember, 2007. Dylan Chalfy as charismatic, contradictory T.E. Lawrence and Stafford Clark-Price as sympathetic, soulful poet Robert Graves gave a pair of detailed performances delightful to behold.
URBAN STAGES, NYC. October-November 2007.
Production transferred to
CAPITAL REPERTORY COMPANY, Albany, NY,
February, 2009.
Winner, Canadian Author's Association Award for Best English-Language Play, 2007
Sets and Lights by Roman Tatarowicz
Costumes by David Toser
Sound by David Thomas
Projections and Video by Alex Koch
Featuring Stafford Clark-Price, Dylan Chalfy, Erin Moon, George Morfogen, Kenneth Tigar, Tom Cleary and Buzz Roddy.