Lovers & Executioners
by John Strand
Take classic swashbuckling, blend it with romance and revenge and season it with an ingenious disguise and you’ve got all the elements for some great comedy. This “startlingly modern” tale about attempted murder and a woman’s revenge concerns Bernard, who discovers evidence that his wife, Julie, has been unfaithful. He abandons her on a desert isle, expecting her to die. But she escapes, returns three years later disguised as a man to discover why and seek justice. Winner of the 1999 Helen Hayes Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play, this lively period comedy combines classic elegance with a resonant contemporary sensibility.
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Meet the Cast and Director of Lovers & Executioners
Kirstin Apker
Kirstin Apker (Julie/Frederic) is thrilled to make her debut with PPF in this challenging role! Area audiences may remember her as Sandy in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (ACCT), Charlotte Hay in Moon Over Buffalo (SMP), Stephanie Crawford in To Kill a Mockingbird (LTA), and Christina Grant in Murder on the Nile (ACCT). Kirstin is also a frequent props designer and set decorator and won a WATCH Award for set dressing Steel Magnolias (LTA).
Joshua McCreary
Josh McCreary (Guzman) was last seen in Reston Community Players’ Peter and the Starcatcher, as Smee. Some other recent roles include Reuben in City of Fairfax Theatre Company’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Don Pedro in Britches and Hose Theatre Company’s Much Ado About Nothing.
Josh McCreary and Scotty Stofko.
Emily-Grace Rowson
Emily-Grace Rowson (Constance) has be seeing shows at PPF since childhood and is thrilled to make her PPF debut as Constance. Past roles include Heather Duke, Heathers; Kate Rushton, Working; Vivienne Kensington, Legally Blond; and Glory/Shelly/Hope, Almost Maine (TheaterCNU), and several roles with Busch Gardens Entertainment. Emily-Grace graduated from Christopher Newport University with a BA in Theatre.
Chris Percil
Christopher Persil (Bernard) is delighted to return to PPF and be part of this terrific cast and crew! Most recently, Chris played the role of Billy in Neil Simon’s California Suite. Other roles at PPF include Mr. Pincus in The Front Page and Mr. Gilmer in To Kill a Mockingbird. Favorite roles include Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Benvolio in Romeo & Juliet (NY) and John Merrick in The Elephant Man (SCT).
Jaclyn Robertson
Jaclyn Robertson (Beatrice) is honored to be back on the PPF stage this season after appearing in Front Page as and Moon Over Buffalo as Eileen. Jaclyn is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She runs FIT4MOM Falls Church Vienna Fairfax.
Scotty Stofko
Scotty Stofko (Octavius) is thrilled to be a part of this production, and is ecstatic to be working with PPF for a third time! He was last seen with PPF as Woodenshoes in last season’s The Front Page and as Howard in last year’s anniversary run of Moon Over Buffalo. Other favorite credits include Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire (TAP), Sir Sagramore in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (ACCT) and Count Gregor in Fools (ACCT).
Chuck O’Toole
Chuck O’Toole (Don Lope) was last seen running the light board for PPF’s production of California Suite. Before that he appeared on the PPF stage as Hildy Johnson in The Front Page and as Paul in Moon Over Buffalo. Thanks to the Providence family for welcoming him and giving him a place to play.
Director, Beth Hughes-Brown
Beth Hughes-Brown is a longstanding member of PPF and a past member of the PPF Board of Directors. has previously directed for PPF, including Is He Dead?, Sleuth, Moon over Buffalo, A Christmas Carol, Witness for the Prosecution, Cash on Delivery, Arsenic and Old Lace, Play On! and Lend Me a Tenor. Also, a tenured actor, Beth has performed in many PPF productions included Cookie in Rumors, Olive the Lush in Big Tree Falls (for which she received a WATCH nomination), Veta Simmons in Harvey, Ouiser in Steel Magnolias, Delilah in Good Help is So Hard to Murder, among others.
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The full cast of “Lovers and Executioners”