Photo Flash: 'The Power of Darkness' Opens 9/24

Mint Theater Company presents Leo Tolstoy's dramatic landmark, The Power Of Darkness, opening Monday September 24 at 7PM, in a limited engagement run through October 28.

"Tolstoy's tragedy is a heartrending and cautionary tale about the consequences of pursuing personal gain while disregarding morality and the dictates of one's own conscience.  Time has not diminished the power of this masterful drama which is likely to challenge the nerves of even the most hardened of theatergoers. Set amidst the squalor, superstition and ignorance of a peasant village in Russia, the play's subtitle: 'If the claw is caught, the bird is lost' evocatively describes the downward spiral of the play's young protagonist whose philandering ensnares him in a web of murder, adultery and infanticide leading ultimately to despair and a cry for redemption," describe press notes.
 
Martin Platt directs a cast that includes Mark Alhadeff, Lisa Altomare, Jennifer Bissell, Steve Brady, Randy Danson, Scott Freeman, Anne Letscher, Peter Levine, Angela Reed, Jeff Steitzer, and Alok Tewari.  The Power Of Darkness has set design by Bill Clarke, costume design by Holly Poe Durbin, lighting design by Jeff Nellis, and music by Ellen Mandel.

The Power Of Darkness performs on the Third Floor of 311 West 43rd Street. For more information, visit www.minttheater.org  or call 212/315-0231.

Photos by Rahav Segev/Photopass 2007

Angela Reed and Mark Alhadeff

Peter Bretz and Steve Brady

Mark Alhadeff and Angela Reed

Randy Danson and Angela Reed

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