The Devil's Sonata
By Mark Glinski
Directed by Peter Duly
The cast:
Tim Curtis
Tom Hickey
Shannon Hoag
and featuring
Susan Voelz, violinist
Set designer: Susan Kaip
Lighting designer: Phoebe Daurio
Sound designer: Josh Horvath
Costume designer: Lisa Stevens
Production manager: Carrie Hill
Stage manager: Nichole A. Shuman
Produced at Strawdog Theatre, Chicago
"...a handsomely mounted world premiere production"
-Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
One night in the 17th century, Satan visits Giuseppe Tartini in the bedroom of the renowned violnist and composer.
A virtuoso violinist himself, Satan plays a darkly beautiful sonata that Tartini realizes is beyond his
imagination to conceive or ability to play. But the visitor compels Tartini to probe the dark sources of creativity
within himself to realize music he'd never dreamed could exist.