By Archibald Macleish
Directed by Randy Baker
September 15 – October 7, 2001
Archibald McLeish's J.B., a modern verse retelling of the Biblical book of Job, pits God and the Devil against one another for the ultimate prize, the faith of a good man.
As the play begins, we meet Nickles and Mr Zuss, actors who are reduced by time to selling concessions. But tonight, in this forgotten and broken space, they will play the greatest roles of all time – God and Satan. Satan has a challenge for God – take your most faithful man, strip him of everything he holds dear and watch him curse god. So their game commences and we watch trials of J.B. unfold.
"Rorschach's fiesty young troupe has a knack for transforming untraditional spaces into great performance stages. As you take your seat, you kick crumpled newspapers and office memos, soda cans and other detritus - a dsquieting allusion to the current state of lower Manhattan. You can almost smell the stench."
- Washington City Paper
PRODUCED BY Jenny McConnell
FEATURING Jessi Burgess, Patrick Bussink, Kimberley Cooper, Tim Getman, Richard Kirkwood, Richard Price, Tracy Lynn Oliviera, Yasmin Tuazon, Grady Weatherford
DESIGNED BY Beth Baldwin (set), Rebecca Breed (costumes), Michelle DeCesare (sound), Adam Magazine (Lights), Jesse Terrill (composer)
STAGE MANAGED BY Melissa Schwartz
