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KING: "You have done nothing but treat me like a black man when all I wanted was to be treated like a man."

Scott Plusquellec as Littlefield and Geoffery Simmons as King in a scene from ReAct's staged reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Cast

(in order of appearance)

Gunney Sergeant
Jeffery Brown
Lt. Colonel Littlefield
Scott Plusquellec
Margaret Littlefield
Eloisa Cardona
Captain Lee King
Geoffery Simmons
Chaplain White
Austin Farwell
P.F.C. Evan Davis
David S. Hogan


MARGARET: "I miss it when I can't find the diamond in your eye."

Scott Plusquellec as Littlefield and Eloisa Cardona as Margaret in ReAct's staged reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Directed by
David Hsieh


PRIVATE DAVIS: "I can't stick it here long, sir. I'm in hell. She was everything to me."

Geoffrey Simmons as King and David S. Hogan as Davis in ReAct's staged reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Crew

Production Coordinator, Technician, and House Manager
David Hsieh
Venue Support
Casey Stryer


CHAPLAIN: "If a man does wrong, he needs to be punished."

Geoffrey Simmons as King and Austin Farwell as White in ReAct's staged reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Reviews

>>Patron Comments


MARGARET: "You want to be a hero."
LITTLEFIELD: "Why does a man put on a uniform if he doesn't?"

Scott Plusquellec and Eloisa Cardona as Morgan and Margaret Littlefield in ReAct's staged reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 
"DEFIANCE" GRAPHIC

Defiance


By John Patrick Shanley

Staged Reading

June 24, 2007
The Elliott Bay Book Company



LITTLEFIELD: "And as for this racial nonsense, it matters to me not at all if you're black, white, blue or stupid. You are Marines."
Jeffery Brown as Gunney with
Scott Plusquellec as Littlefield
in ReAct's staged reading of
Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

MARGARET: "Morgan, it's Sunday, the day of REST?"
Eloisa Cardona as Margaret in
a moment from ReAct's staged
reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.


The Program

The Setting

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Spring 1971.

Scene 1: Front of the H & S Company Barracks.
Scene 2: The Littlefield Home.
Scene 3: The Battalion Gym.
Scene 4: Paradise Point Officer's Club.
Scene 5: Battalion Headquarters, the Executive Officer's office.
Scene 6: A Park Bench.
Scene 7: The Littlefield Home.


Defiance

was originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City, opening on February 9, 2006.

Production Notes

>>Purchase Scripts

ReAct's staged reading of Defiance was produced by special arrangement with DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.


KING: "The future hasn't done anything to me."
MARGARET: "Wait awhile."
Geoffery Simmons as King with
Eloisa Cardona as Margaret
in ReAct's staged reading of
Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

CHAPLAIN: "Like my father used to say: We all need to be singing the same hymn."
Geoffrey Simmons, Austin Farwell,
Scott Plusquellec and Eloisa
Cardona in ReAct's staged
reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.


Special Thanks To...

The Cast & Crew for production support
The Elliott Bay Book Company for venue hosting, loaned props and set pieces
The Elliott Bay Cafe for loaned props
George Paul Glanzman for sound support
Vera & Joey Ing for donated rehearsal space
Karen Maeda-Allman for organizational support
Rick Simonson for organizational support


MARGARET: "You're not going to be the one to change the world."
Scott Plusquellec as Littlefield
and Eloisa Cardona as Margaret
in ReAct's staged reading of
Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

CAPTAIN KING: "So I was chosen over those other men because of my color."
Geoffrey Simmons, Scott Plusquellec,
and Eloisa Cardona in a scene
from ReAct's staged reading
of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

LITTLEFIELD: "War's gone on too long. The recruiters ar bottom-fishing, sending us riff-raff, hooligans and worse."
Scott Plusquellec as Littlefield
in ReAct's staged reading of
Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

 

LITTLEFIELD: "Listen, Lee, in the armed services, you either go forward or fall out."
Geoffrey Simmons as Captain Lee
with Scott Plusquellec as
Littlefield in ReAct's staged
reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

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Photo Gallery

CAPTAIN KING: "I don't want to be a black officer. I just want to be an officer."
Geoffery Simmons, Scott Plusquellec
and Eloisa Cardona in ReAct's
staged reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

MARGARET: "He thinks this is crazy."
Scott Plusquellec as Littlefield
and Eloisa Cardona as Margaret in
ReAct's staged reading of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.

CHAPLAIN: "Emperors, popes, and presidents have gambled their reputations on a dalliance."
Austin Farwell as Chaplain White
and Geoffery Simmons as Captain
King in ReAct's staged reading
of Defiance.
Photo: David Hsieh.


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