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.”

Third Coast Review

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