Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh at The Players' Ring Theatre

This is a dramatic love triangle set during the turbulent years around the French Revolution. Elisabeth Vigée le Brun, a beautiful, social-climbing portrait painter, uses her affair with Count Alexis de Ligne, a left-leaning philanderer, to get a commission to paint the naive young Queen Marie Antoinette. While Elisa uses the Queen to further her career and Alexis uses the Queen to further his political goals, both learn to love the woman they’re exploiting. Elisa becomes the Queen’s best friend, and Alexis becomes the Queen’s lover. Elisa tries to end the scandalous affair between the Queen and Alexis, both out of concern for the Queen’s political position and jealousy over Alexis’ love, until the Revolution shatters all three of their lives.

Back Alley Productions has been creating thought provoking, quality, theater for the seacoast since 2008. Its founders Joi Smith and Danica Carlson, share a passion for highlighting the amazing talents in the community, as well as raising awareness to social issues through the theater medium. In addition to organizing & producing annual V-Day events (The Vagina Monologues) to locally benefit Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) & A Safe Place, Back Alley continues their commitment to bring to life the beautiful stories of the human experience for their audiences to enjoy.