Private Lives
by Agape Theatre
Feb. 26 - Mar. 08, 2015
Sibyl Chase loves being married. She is as much in love with the idea of being a bride as she is with her husband, Elyot, and perhaps more so. On the first night of their honeymoon, Sibyl had gone into raptures over Elyot, but she did not forget, or let him forget, that she knew he had loved his first wife Amanda madly. She is now certain that the breakup of that marriage had been Amanda’s fault and that she had been a mean-tempered and probably a wanton woman. When Sibyl tells him that she knows how to handle a husband, how to make him happy, Elyot fears that she means she knows how to manage a husband. He is a trifle disturbed.
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Most productions of PRIVATE LIVES envision leads Elyot and Amanda as a middle-aged couple, but in the original production, no one in the cast was over 32. Agape cast its production with actors close in age to those in the original production. Theirs may be a bit different than recent notable productions of PRIVATE LIVES, but it will be much closer to Noel Coward’s vision of these characters.
The cast of PRIVATE LIVES features Nicholas Mani as Elyot, CiCi Barone as Amanda, Travis Carillo as Victor, Ciera Chancellor as Sibyl, and Kristi Treitler as Louise. Also in the cast are Tiffany Schulze and Logan Wheatley as understudy Sibyl and understudy Victor, respectively.
PRIVATE LIVES also features Set and Costume Design by Agape Actors Co-Op’s Founding Artistic Director, Olin Meadows and Stage Management by Faith Castaneda. Kristi Treitler and Joan Baker serve as Co-Assistant Directors for the production. As with all Agape productions, the stage crew will be comprised of local High School students, all of whom are members of Agape’s Professional Apprentice Program which gives students the opportunity to work alongside seasoned professionals.
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
Agape Theatre
PRIVATE LIVES will play the East View High School Black Box Theatre, located at 4490 E. University Ave in Georgetown, from Thursday, February 26th thru Sunday, March 8th. Performances are Thursday – Saturday at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:30pm. Tickets are $21.75 for adults and $16.75 for Students and Seniors. Please visit www.agapeactors.com/tickets or call 512-88-STAGE to reserve seats.
