Marat/Sade presented by LIP Service

Marat/Sade
Directed by Bert Pigg
Music by Richard Peaslee
Play by Peter Weiss
English Version by Geoffrey Skelton
Verse Adaptation and Lyrics by Adrian Mitchell

Cast Includes:
The Marquis de Sade – Malcolm Stephenson*
Jean Paul Marat – Jason Leyva
Charlotte Corday – Britnee Schoville
Coulmier – Brian Hoffman Simone Evrard – Christina Hoth Duperret – Shawn Gann
Jacques Roux – R. Andrew Aguilar The Herald – Seth Johnston Ensemble - Amber Marks, Joel Frapart, Grady W. Smithey III, Joshua Hahlen Guards - De'Andra Roberson , Nolan Chapa Musicians – Kennedy Styron, Caleb Pieterse, Zach Leyva
*Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association

Play Description: The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, almost invariably shortened to Marat/Sade, is an unrelenting depiction of human struggle and suffering which asks whether true revolution comes from changing society or changing oneself.

Blurring the boundary between reality and delusion, Marat/Sade depicts the events of July 13, 1808, when Charlotte Corday murdered Jean Paul Marat, an architect of France's Reign of Terror in the aftermath of the Revolution. The "play" is directed by the Marquis de Sade and performed by the residents of a unnamed institution. As the play progresses, the unspoken social contract between viewer and performer breaks down as the world of the play devolves into chaos.