Workshop
New Dramatists
2015
Bluebeard by
A surreal drama based on the classic folk tale.
Margaret is married off to the wealthy and mysterious Bluebeard. Bluebeard explains the rules of his house to his new wife and then abruptly leaves on business. Upon his exit, Bluebeard declares that Margaret shall have access to every room in the house except the room behind the red door. He places the the key to this door in her hand, with the...
Margaret is married off to the wealthy and mysterious Bluebeard. Bluebeard explains the rules of his house to his new wife and then abruptly leaves on business. Upon his exit, Bluebeard declares that Margaret shall have access to every room in the house except the room behind the red door. He places the the key to this door in her hand, with the...
A surreal drama based on the classic folk tale.
Margaret is married off to the wealthy and mysterious Bluebeard. Bluebeard explains the rules of his house to his new wife and then abruptly leaves on business. Upon his exit, Bluebeard declares that Margaret shall have access to every room in the house except the room behind the red door. He places the the key to this door in her hand, with the single instruction: “Never use it.” Margaret has only herself to talk to, as she combats the oppressive silence. Her suspicion and isolation inevitably lead her to transgress. She discovers the victims of her husband’s secret past. She is confronted by a symphony of stories, some beautiful, some brutal, all portending a grim fate. Bluebeard explores issues such as privacy and surveillance and the emotional violence embedded in modern relationships. Does Margaret’s knowledge free her from the past, or condemn her to repeat it?
Margaret is married off to the wealthy and mysterious Bluebeard. Bluebeard explains the rules of his house to his new wife and then abruptly leaves on business. Upon his exit, Bluebeard declares that Margaret shall have access to every room in the house except the room behind the red door. He places the the key to this door in her hand, with the single instruction: “Never use it.” Margaret has only herself to talk to, as she combats the oppressive silence. Her suspicion and isolation inevitably lead her to transgress. She discovers the victims of her husband’s secret past. She is confronted by a symphony of stories, some beautiful, some brutal, all portending a grim fate. Bluebeard explores issues such as privacy and surveillance and the emotional violence embedded in modern relationships. Does Margaret’s knowledge free her from the past, or condemn her to repeat it?