Rodney's Wife
Mainstage Theater
Written by
Richard Nelson
Directed by Richard Nelson
In 1962, on location in Rome, a fading movie star and his wife are entangled in an unraveling web of secrets, lies, and sexual impropriety that threatens to tear apart their family.
Featuring
Creative Team
Susan Hilferty
Scenic Designer
Susan Hilferty
Costume Designer
David Weiner
Lighting Designer
Scott Lehrer
Sound Designer
Matthew Silver
Production Stage Manager
Photos of (1) Maryann Plunkett and David Strathairn; (2) Jessica Chastain; (3) Jessica Chastain, Haviland Morris, Maryann Plunkett, and David Strathairn; and (4) Haviland Morris, John Rothman, Jessica Chastain, and Jesse Pennington by Joan Marcus.
“Mr. Nelson offers a deep and sorrowful understanding of how much loneliness there often is in lust. At the same time he has created what may be the most incisive, unsensationalized portrait of a Hollywood wife ever to grace a stage. The ensemble members are masterly in sustaining the quiet aggression beneath the surface pleasantries.”
— Ben Brantley, New York Times | Read Full Article