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Olympe de Gouges (1748 – 1793)
Olympe de Gouges (1748 – 1793)
Olympe de Gouges wrote plays, novels, and essays showing at first her hope, and later her disappointment in the French Revolution. She became an outspoken critic of the slave trade in the French colonies and she wrote in favor of women’s rights. It was these very same writings that led to her arrest and execution.
(Painting by A. Kucharski, 1780’s)
Jen Allegra (Olympe)
Jen Allegra (Olympe)
Jen is delighted to be back performing at The Stagecrafters Theater having last appeared in Spinning Into Butter (Sarah). Other credits at The Stagecrafters include: The Miser (Frosine), Any Given Monday (Risa); The Late Christopher Bean (Abby); Good People (Margie); Kimberly Akimbo (Debra); The Last Night at Ballyhoo (Boo); Jake's Women (Karen); A Shayna Maidel (Mama); and Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Karen). Other favorite acting credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), The Taming of the Shrew (Kate); and Pygmalion (Eliza). Jen is currently serving on the Production Advisory Committee and is Costume Chair with us as well. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from The George Washington University.
Jen is thrilled to work alongside an amazing cast and crew and has endless appreciation for Cate and The Stagecrafters’ family! Jen would like to dedicate this performance to her late mother, Mary.
Marianne Angelle
Marianne Angelle
Marianne Angelle is an invented character, a freewoman representing those attempting to abolish slavery in the French colonies in the West Indies and particularly those who had participated in the Saint- Domingue slave revolt in 1791.
(Detail from Portrait of Madeleine, Marie-guillemine Benoist, 1800)
SHARESE SALTERS (Marianne Angelle)
SHARESE SALTERS (Marianne Angelle)
First time performing at The Stagecrafters Theater. Acting credits include multiple productions at Villanova Theater: Slaphappy: A Covid-Era Comedy (Dottore/Chad); Scar Test (Nurse/Tired Lady); Merrily We Roll Along (Scotty/ensemble); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck); and Orlando (Chorus). Also performed in Murder by Gaslight-Philadelphia, Pa (Emmeline/Alice) with Without a Cue Adventures. Sharese is a Teaching Artist at two different youth education programs employing the performing arts as a gateway to life skills and to learning: Yes!... And Collaborative Arts and The Unscripted Project.
Charlotte Corday (1768-1793)
Charlotte Corday (1768-1793)
Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) was the young Girondin woman most famous for stabbing Jean-Paul Marat to death as he lay in the bath. Corday came to embrace moderate republican ideas; she despised the brutality of the Jacobins and blamed Marat for inciting the massacre of the Girodins.
(Portrait by J. Hauer, a few hours before her death)
Rachel Dilliplane (Charlotte Corday)
Rachel Dilliplane (Charlotte Corday)
Rachel is making her debut at The Stagecrafters Theater in this production. Other performance credits include: Red Velvet (Halina/Betty/Margaret) at Quill Theatre, Richmond; The Laramie Project (ensemble) at Richmond Triangle Players; Love’s Labour’s Lost (Princess of France) at the Richmond Shakespeare Festival; The Comedy of Errors (Adrianna) at the Point Five Players (Richmond, VA); The Diviners (Jennie Mae) at the Chamberlayne Actors Theater; Crimes of the Heart (Meg Magrath) at the The Prince Theatre (Chestertown, Va); The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next) at Washington College. Other artistic and theatrical pursuits: Full-time voiceover artist; Production & Facilities Coordinator for Bucks County Playhouse. Rachel is devoted to the development of new works having served as a Directing Observer for the 32nd Annual NAMT Festival of New Musicals.
Rachel is thrilled to be performing in person again and thanks everyone for supporting the Arts!
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793)
Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), married to Louis XVI, was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. During the Revolution, she became known as Madame Déficit because the country's financial crisis was blamed on her lavish spending and her opposition to social and financial reforms.
(Detail from portrait by V. Le Brun, 1783)
Kathryn Wylde (Marie Antoinette)
Kathryn Wylde (Marie Antoinette)
Kathryn previously performed at The Stagecrafters Theater in Witness for the Prosecution (Thomasina Clegg). Other performance credits: Peril’s Island (Diane) at Shakespeare in Clark Park (Harrowgate Park); The Tempest (Prospera) at Bechdel Bardettes ; Stop Kiss (Mrs. Winsley) at Langhorne Players; Equus (horse named Trooper) at Forge Theater; (Kensington) Streetplay (herself) for The Renegade Company. Performances at Dutch Country Players (DCP Theater) include Bad Seed (Christine Penmark), Rumors (Cassie) and All This and Moonlight (Alice).
Other theater pursuits: Directed Arcadia at Footlighters Theater; Studying acting at Playhouse West - Philadelphia; Roles in several films including the award-winning Burning Tree; Additionally, experience in numerous other theatrical capacities, including stage manager and board operator as well as longtime acting coach.
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