1984
1984
Adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall Jr. & William A. Miles Jr.
From the novel by George Orwell
Directed by Robert Tobin
September 14 – October 8, 2017
About the show: Based on the novel by George Orwell, 1984 is a terrifying and breathtaking view of a world controlled by a totalitarian government. Orwell asks what is left when freedom of speech, the press, love, and even the past are subject to authoritarian whims? Big Brother is watching. A theatrical event that is both powerful and disturbingly provocative.
Special Interview: Click here to listen to Robert Tobin’s interview with WBEZ
PRODUCTION TEAM
Robert Tobin* – Director
Dana Anderson – Assistant Director
Heather Branham Green – Stage Manager
Matthew Hahn – Dramaturg
Jeremiah Barr* – Technical Director/Props/Set Designer
Samantha Barr* – Lighting/Sound Designer
Aja Wiltshire* – Costume Designer
Lea Tobin* – Assistant Costume Designer
Emily Schwartz – Production Photographer
*denotes AstonRep company member
CAST
Ray Kasper* - Winston Smith
Sarah Lo - Julia
Amy Kasper* - O’Brien
Alexandra Bennett* - Parsons
Tim Larson* - Syme
Lorraine Freund - Landlady
Rory Jobst - Martin/Ensemble
Nora Lise Ulrey - Ensemble
Lauren Demerath - Ensemble
Reviews
“1984 is both enriched and depleted by its adherence to its source. This is an invigoratingly austere look at a fear-ravaged England rancid with paid informers. It’s also 105 minutes of very dark energy.”
— Stage and Cinema
“Designer Jeremiah Barr creates a properly unsettling and claustrophobic set, with enormous all-seeing eyes painted on the back wall, and constantly blinking cameras focused on the audience. Director Robert Tobin has assembled a talented cast and brings the audience to a world where color and joy are lost, and the horrifying has become quotidian.”
— PerformInk
“The entire cast is very good and Kasper is especially strong as the serious but doubting Winston Smith, who remembers a world before Oceania. Jeremiah Barr’s scenic and technical design is effective and enhanced by Samantha Barr’s sound and lighting design.”