THE LIGHT AND THE DARK
by Kate Hamill
A co-production between Primary Stages and Chautauqua Theater Company
Director Jade King Carroll
Dramaturg Kristin Leahy
Scenic Designer Brittany Vasta
Lighting Designer Seth Reiser
Sound Designer Fan Zhang
Costume Designer Jen Caprio
“Jade King Carroll’s direction is seamless, as is the realistic artist’s-garret lighting (by Seth Reiser) and the detailed art-studio set (by Brittany Vasta)…The Light and the Dark brings a lesser-recognized artist to life in vivid, arresting detail. More stories like this one of female resistance (“not I but we”) are necessary now, and this one is well-told.”
—TheaterMania
“Composition, story and perspective. “I don’t just paint ladies and saints, I paint whores and nurses and servants!” Hamill exclaims as the stage walls are flooded with paintings by Gentileschi, “I paint them strong, I paint them angry! My women never weep! And my prostitutes look like Madonnas, and vice-versa.”
Strong words. Strong performance. Strong play.”
— New York Stage Review
