GINT
Adapted by Romulus Linney
from Peer Gynt
May 2014
Christ Church Neighborhood House
Ibsen’s fantastical classic meets Appalachia.
Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece, Peer Gynt, in a bold adaptation by Obie Award winning playwright and Philadelphia native, Romulus Linney. This fantastical classic is re-imagined in rural Appalachia for a boisterous evening of Southern folklore filled with banjos, talking hogs, and Beer Cheese. Part Mountain tale, part Norwegian folklore, and unlike any Ibsen you've ever seen. This production was developed in collaboration with Rowan University’s Department of Theatre & Dance.
Creative Team
Lane Savadove … Director
Dirk Durossette … Set Designer
Brian Strachan … Costume Designer
Matt Sharp … Lighting Design
David Cimetta … Sound Design
Christopher Marlowe Roche … Music Director
Heather Felker … Stage Manager
David Garrett Saraffian … Production Photos
Cast
Sean Lally … Pete Gint
Melanie Julian … Oldie Mama
Isa St. Clair … Sally Vicks
Lee Minora … Young Woman
Cindy Spitko … Woman
Sarah Rachel Schol … Older Woman
Johnny Smith … Younger Man
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen … Man
Ed Swidey … Older Man
Special Thanks to the Rowan University Cast
Lauren Berman, Dane Eissler, Ileana Fortuna, Kaitlin Kemp, Sam Price, Ben Shutman, Andy Spinosi, Zachary Taylor, Katie Verde, and Matthew Weil
About Romulus Linney
Romulus Linney (September 21, 1930 – January 15, 2011) was the author of three novels, many short stories, and forty plays, staged throughout the United States and abroad. They include The Sorrows of Frederick,Holy Ghosts,Childe Byron,Heathen Valley,2,and a stage adaptation of Ernest Gaines' novel, A Lesson Before Dying.
He won two OBIE awards, one for Sustained Excellence in Playwriting, two National Critics Awards, three DramaLogue Awards, and many fellowships, including grants from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations. He was the Founding Playwright of Signature Theatre Company. Stories appear in many literary journals and in the Anthologies Pushcart Prize, New Stories from the South, Best of the Year, 2001 and 2002. His 1960s novels, Heathen Valley and Slowly, By Thy Hand Unfurled, were recently republished by Shoemaker & Hoard, Washington, D.C. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which gave him its Award in Literature and The Gold Medal For Drama.