Brideshead Obliterated is a reimagining of the greatest, gayest novel of 1945. This joyfully anachronistic literary deconstruction explodes the homoerotic subtext of Evelyn Waugh’s dusty English classic Brideshead Revisited, using an ensemble of six to dismantle the novel’s frightening relationship to queer desire, assimilation, and destroying what we love. A 90-minute workshop production ran for one night at Dixon Place in October 2017.
Brideshead Obliterated from Lee LeBreton on Vimeo.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
by Lee LeBreton
Directed by Dan Rogers
Peter Martin . . . CHARLES
Grant Chapman . . . SEBASTIAN/JULIA
Josh Adam Ramos . . . LORD MARCHMAIN / ANTHONY BLANCHE
Jing Xu . . . LADY MARCHMAIN / CARA / COUSIN JASPER
Ian McNeely . . . BRIDEY / BOY MULCASTER
Shelley Fort . . . CORDELIA / CELIA / REX
Cody Hom . . . STAGE MANAGER
Dan Daly . . . SCENIC DESIGNER
Suzan Eraslan . . . COSTUME DESIGNER
Jonathan Cottle . . . LIGHTING DESIGNER
Joey Wolfslau . . . SOUND DESIGNER
Julie Solomon . . . ASSOCIATE SCENIC DESIGNER
Adam Scott Mazer . . . FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER
Photography by Hunter Canning
With special thanks to James Rutherford, Jess Goldschmidt, Richard Prioleau, Elliot Quick, Hanne Tierney, Five Myles Gallery, Pivotal Post, Materials for the Arts, and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
Directed by Dan Rogers
Peter Martin . . . CHARLES
Grant Chapman . . . SEBASTIAN/JULIA
Josh Adam Ramos . . . LORD MARCHMAIN / ANTHONY BLANCHE
Jing Xu . . . LADY MARCHMAIN / CARA / COUSIN JASPER
Ian McNeely . . . BRIDEY / BOY MULCASTER
Shelley Fort . . . CORDELIA / CELIA / REX
Cody Hom . . . STAGE MANAGER
Dan Daly . . . SCENIC DESIGNER
Suzan Eraslan . . . COSTUME DESIGNER
Jonathan Cottle . . . LIGHTING DESIGNER
Joey Wolfslau . . . SOUND DESIGNER
Julie Solomon . . . ASSOCIATE SCENIC DESIGNER
Adam Scott Mazer . . . FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER
Photography by Hunter Canning
With special thanks to James Rutherford, Jess Goldschmidt, Richard Prioleau, Elliot Quick, Hanne Tierney, Five Myles Gallery, Pivotal Post, Materials for the Arts, and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
