Actor Dylan McDermott to be featured in the American premiere of Baby Doll at Princeton’s McCarter Theater September 11 to October 11.
McCarter Theater is set to host the American premiere of Tennessee Williams’ controversial screenplay co-adapted and directed by McCarter Theatre Center Artistic Director Emily Mann. Performances of Baby Doll will take place from September 11 to October 11, 2015.
Tennessee Williams’ Baby Doll was condemned in its time for its tale of commercial and erotic vengeance. Now, a new adaptation of Williams’ 1956 film masterpiece makes its American premiere at McCarter Theatre Center complete with Williams’ trademark mix of dark comedy, murky motivations and sexual electricity.
Times are tough in the Mississippi Delta, where cotton is king and the summer heat drives desires of every kind. Baby Doll (Susannah Hoffman) is about to celebrate her 20th birthday, and in doing so must finally consummate her marriage to Archie Lee (Robert Joy), a much older man whose worldview is as rotten and decrepit as the crumbling house in which they live with Aunt Rose Comfort (Patricia Conolly). A suspicious fire at a rival (and more successful) cotton gin brings Silva Vacarro (Dylan McDermott) to call, and his visit ignites an explosive game of cat-and-mouse where what happens next is anyone’s guess.
Tickets are available at the McCarter Box Office, online at mccarter.org or by phone at (609) 258-2787.
