The Cast

ARTHUR AULISI (named Person of the Year 2008 by NYTHEATRE.COM)

AMANDA BROOMELL (Juliet in Off Broadway’s ROMEO AND JULIET at Classic Stage Company)

LORA CHIO (365 PLAYS/365 DAYS at The Public Theater)

EMILY HARTFORD (Off Broadway’s THE CONTRAST at Mirror Repertory Company)

LAUREN MURPHY (Off Broadway’s ROMEO AND JULIET at Classic Stage Company)

DAMON POOSER (Off Broadway’s RICHARD WRIGHT: CONVERSATIONS at Urban Stages),

JOSH SAUERMAN (Romeo in Off Broadway’s ROMEO AND JULIET at Classic Stage Company).

Shows » Candide Americana

Candide Americana

(with apologies to Voltaire)

by Stanton Wood

The original work, Candide Americana, by Resident Playwright Stanton Wood, will be a new adaptation of Voltaire's famous work.

This new work transplants the hero's famous journey around the world to a journey across time and terrain in the United States of America.

Candide's journey begins in Bosnia during the 1990s war, after which he emigrates to America, searching for his true love across a tumultuous American landscape that includes New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and New York City on September 11th. His search for love soon becomes a search for meaning and hope in seemingly hopeless circumstances.

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