The Violet Hour
By Richard Greenberg
July 14 - August 7, 2005
The Richard Hugo House
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Emjoy Gavino as Rosamund and
Jeffrey Grimm as John in
ReAct's The Violet Hour.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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Amber Wolfe as Jessie with
Jeffrey Grimm as John in
ReAct's The Violet Hour.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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The Program
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The Setting
John Pace Seavering's office in a Manhattan tower. April 1, 1919.
ACT 1
Early afternoon.
ACT 2
Scene 1: Hours later.
Scene 2: Early evening.
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Emjoy Gavino, ShawnJ West
and Andrew J. Peterson in
a scene from ReAct's
The Violet Hour.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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Andrew J. Peterson as Denny
and Jeffrey Grimm as John in
ReAct's The Violet Hour.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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The Violet Hour
was originally commissioned by the South Coast Repertory, where it received its world premiere on November 8, 2002. It was subsequently produced by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company on April 17, 2003. The New York premiere took place on November 6, 2003 at the Biltmore Theatre. It was produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club.
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Production Notes
Director's Notes
"The Violet Hour." It's that special time when the evening approaches to reward you for the day. It’s also the charming new play by Richard Greenberg, the Tony Award-winning playwright of Take Me Out as well as well as other prominent plays such as Eastern Standard, The Dazzle and Three Days of Rain to name a few.
Based loosely on the lives of historic lumimaries such as Maxwell Perkins, Josephine Baker and Zelda and F.Scott Fitzgerald...this thought-provoking work is part period melodrama, part romance, part fantasy. It poses the central question: What would you do if you could peer at the future?
in a moment from
ReAct's The Violet Hour.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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As we journey into our own new century...how will our lives be remembered? Will we be remembered at all? Have the worst things of this century already happened? Can we change our destinies? Time will be the ultimate arbiter - for what seems true today may prove false tomorrow, and what one generation accepts as fact, may be considered false by another. Best to just live and cherish our moments with a certain gaiety of spirit and hope for a better tomorrow, tempered by the remembrance of all that we have lost and the dreams of all we have yet to gain. We hope you enjoy the show.
--David Hsieh, Director of The Violet Hour
>>ReAct's 2004 Staged Reading
>>Press Release and Publicity Photos
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ReAct's production of The Violet Hour
was produced by special arrangement with DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE, INC.
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Special Thanks To...
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ArtsWest for loaned costumes
The Cast & Crew for production support and loaned costumes
Lorna Chin for production support
Angela DiMarco for transportation and production support
The Elliott Bay Book Company for promotional support
Brian Flora & Anneleen Severynen for production support
George Paul Glanzman for production support
Melvin Inouye for transportation support
Intiman for donated rehearsal space
Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for production support
Queen Anne/Magnolia Neighborhood Service Center for donated rehearsal space
Eldon Tam & the Richard Hugo House for production support
Stewart A. Williams for donated graphic design services
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