Synopsis
Before Britney Spears and Justin Bieber, there was Marie Antoinette. In David Adjmi’s contemporary take on the young queen of France, Marie is a confection created by a society that values extravagance and artifice. But France’s love affair with the royals sours as revolution brews, and for Marie, the political suddenly becomes very personal. From the light and breezy banter at the palace to the surging chants of "Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite!" in the streets, Marie Antoinette holds a mirror up to our contemporary society that might just be entertaining itself to death.Special Marie Antoinette Menu at Chez Moi
Chef Dominique Tougne and the Chez Moi staff have set up an exclusive 3-course dinner menu, inspired by Marie Antoinette. The $45 fixed price menu will be available during the entire run of the show—PLUS, all ticket buyers will receive a 10% discount with ticket stub to that day’s performance! Download the Menu(PDF).Running Time
Content Advisory
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Additional Information
Toast the Queen with "Le Drink"
Make your show experience a bit more royal with our bar's delicious and bubbly "Le Drink," featuring Chambord raspberry liqueur, Prosecco and a fancy lemon twist.Special Performances
February 5 – 14, 2015
Open Captioning
Saturday, April 11 at 3:00pm
Audio Description and Touch Tour
Sunday, May 3
Touch Tour: 1:30pm
Curtain: 3pm
Watch & Listen
Cast & Artists
The Artists
- Author: David Adjmi
- Costume Design: Dede M Ayite
- Assistant Stage Manager: Cassie Calderone
- Directed by: Robert O'Hara
- Scenic Design: Clint Ramos
- Stage Manager: Deb Styer
- Projection Design: Jeff Sugg
- Lighting Design: Japhy Weideman
- Wig and Make Up Design: Dave Bova
- Dialect Coach: Eva Breneman
- Original Music & Sound Design: Lindsay Jones
- Projection Design: Jeff Sugg
- Fight Choreographer : Ryan Bourque
Featured Ensemble Members
Reviews
– Time Out Chicago
“Gleefully propulsive…tailor-made for a modern understanding of celebrity”
– Newcity
“Marie Antoinette requires its leading actress to deliver a diva-like performance…and Alana Arenas more than lives up to her royal assignment”
– Chicago Sun Times
“Slick, fast-paced and compellingly entertaining”
– Northwest Indiana Times
“Fantasy in sequins, gems, roses, fireworks…eye-popping opulence”
– Chicago Stage and Cinema
“A visual masterpiece with a fairytale-like setting”
– Chicago Now
“Part play, part fashion show, and all attitude”
– Concierge Preferred
“Examination of the creation and dismantling of a celebrity…Arenas delivers a bravura performance”
– Daily Herald
“Jaw-dropping couture…a bold take on the infamously extravagant 18th-century queen”
– TheatreMania
“An unconventional, bitingly comic play…a jagged yet elegant historical riff”
– Time Out New York, Soho Rep production
“Marie Antoinette, playwright David Adjmi’s modern-flair retelling of the famously reviled, beheaded teen queen, seems to land smack-dab in 2013's ticker of news events, and we’re all the better for it.”
– Entertainment Weekly, Soho Rep production
“David Adjmi’s marvelous, disturbing, revisionist take.”
– New York Magazine, Soho Rep production
“Adjmi’s brilliance is to use trashy vernacular speech to allude to the way history trashes us.”
– The New Yorker, Soho Rep production
Program Articles
A welcome to Marie Antoinette from Artistic Director Martha Lavey
Director Robert O’Hara chats with Director of New Play Development Aaron Carter about Marie Antoinette.
Director of New Play Development, Aaron Carter shares his personal connection to Marie Antoinette.
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Sponsors
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More from the 2014-15 Season
September 18 - November 16, 2014
December 04 - February 14, 2015
April 02 - June 14, 2015
July 02 - August 30, 2015
Sponsors
Corporate Production Sponsor