This production closed on November 14, 2010.
Women Beware Women
by Thomas Middleton
adapted by Jesse Berger
directed by Allison Arkell Stockman
In a captivating world of wealth, three couples engage in a dangerous game of strategy as they vie for power and pursue their lust. This delicious revenge tragedy by Middleton, one of Shakespeare's contemporaries, is a provocative mix of dark comedy, adultery, murder, ambition and twisted love.
Run Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, plus intermission. 15+
Ensemble
LEANTIO, a working man
BIANCA, Leantio’s wife
MOTHER of Leantio
FABRITIO, father to Isabella
GUARDIANO, uncle and of the Ward
LIVIA, sister to Fabritio & Hippolito
HIPPOLITO, brother to Livia
ISABELLA, niece to Livia
WARD, a rich, young heir
SORDIDO, Ward’s servant
CARDINAL, brother to the Duke
DUKE OF FLORENCE
*Member of Actors' Equity Association
Creative Team
Director
Allison Arkell Stockman
Scenic Designer
A.J. Guban^
Costume Designer
Kendra Rai^
Lighting Designer
A.J. Guban^
Composer
Jesse Terrill
Properties Designer
Samina Vieth
Fight Director
Mathew Wilson
Choreographer
Ashley Ivey
Production Stage Manager
Cheryl Ann Gnerlich
ASM
Jewell Fears
ASM
Vicky Mahoney
Technical Director
Jan Forbes
Scenic Charge
Sasha Goldstein
Master Electrician
Jeny Hall
Assistant Director
Amber Jackson
Technical Consultant
Leanne Bock
Sound Board Op
Brett Abelman
Assistant Sound Designer
Lynette Yorgey Winslow
Publicist
Misty Demory
Costume Assistant
Anna St.Germain
Audience Services Manager
Lindsey Ruehl
Photographer
Daniel Schwartz
Dramaturg
Taylor Hitaffer
^Member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE
Photo Gallery
Press
"A Web of Intrigue... Vibrant... Compelling... Alluring yet Sinister...That's Entertainment!" - The Washington Post
“The wages of sin is death -- and what a jewel-colored circus death turns out to be in Constellation Theatre Company's seductive staging of the Jacobean revenge drama Women Beware Women." - The Washington Post
“Constellation, a consistently ambitious company, takes on Jesse Burger’s 2008 streamlined adaptation of Middleton’s almost four-centuries-old, over-the-top tragedy in verse with relish and enthusiasm, proving that classic theater can be very much alive and full of surprises.” - Washington Blade
“Constellation's greatest strength is their ability to work as an ensemble... There is a kind of practiced coherency at work that allows them to play at the edges" - Metro Weekly
Women Beware Women “plays to all of Stockman’s troupe’s strengths: a lively ensemble; baroque, arresting sets and costumes... bold original music... and bracing physicality” - Washington City Paper
"A sexy, tragic morality play" - Metro Weekly
"Wickedly Enjoyable... A Dark Fairy Tale... Full of Surprises" - Washington Blade
“Wonderfully Entertaining... A Crazy, Wild Ride of a Play" - DC Theatre Scene
"Inspired... Jaunty and Sinister" - DCist
"A Machiavellian world gone mad...unleashed in the best possible way" - We Love DC