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In Pinter\u2019s world, characters control language because it allows them to control and to design their reality.<\/p>\n<p>This play is about control, and we viewed the production through the following framework:<\/p>\n<p>I want to love. I want to receive love.<br \/>\nI cannot love. I cannot receive love because I am damaged.<br \/>\nIn the absence of love, I need control.<br \/>\nWhen control is lost, terror arrives.<\/p>\n<p>Characters in The Homecoming attempt to wield control in many ways to include control over langue, identity, the body, and memories. The latter puts The Homecoming on unstable ground where characters use past stories to construct new realities that weaponize memories to produce disorientation.<\/p>\n<p>The Homecoming takes place in London. We decided to view London as a state of being rather than a geographical location. London is a space where these characters have found themselves; it is a space where the dynamics of identity, language, and power play out in front of a backdrop of shifting truths and constructed and then re-constructed realities. How does an individual maintain control and take control within a destroyed landscape?<\/p>\n<p>When directing previous Pinter works, we gave special care to having the American-born actor take on the British accent to best highlight the language. In 2017 this did not seem important to us and when directing The Collection we changed our approach and we have applied this approach to The Homecoming. We wanted actors to use their own strength of language and apply it to Pinter\u2019s words. Each character is using language as a tool to manipulate; shifting to brutishness, authenticity, transactional declarations, ambiguity, storytelling, and intimidation to assert dominance and to construct their own narrative.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dan Shanahan and Melissa Meola<\/strong><br \/>\nDirectors, The Homecoming<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Performed by<\/strong><br \/>\nMax \u2013 Jack Hunter*<br \/>\nTeddy \u2013 Talon Powell<br \/>\nRuth \u2013 Tracie Lane*<br \/>\nLenny \u2013 Russell Holt<br \/>\nSam \u2013 Stan Klimecko*<br \/>\nJoey \u2013 Kalub Thompson<\/p>\n<p>*Member of Actors\u2019 Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and<br \/>\nStage Managers, appearing under a special agreement with Actors\u2019 Equity<br \/>\nAssociation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production and Design Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Directors \u2013 Dan Shanahan, Melissa Meola<br \/>\nScenography \u2013 Kristina Siegel<br \/>\nLighting Design \u2013 Eclectric Oil and Light<br \/>\nSound Design \u2013 Justin Rowland<br \/>\nCostume Design \u2013 Jessica Wegrzyn<br \/>\nProduction Manager \u2013 Carly Weiser<br \/>\nTechnical Director \u2013 Daniel Toner<br \/>\nAudio Engineer \u2013 Dan Neveu<br \/>\nFight Choreographer \u2013 Steve Vaughn<br \/>\nStage Manager \/ Fight Captain \u2013 Sage Becker<br \/>\nCarpenter \u2013 Sean Kulak<br \/>\nBox Office\/House Manager \u2013 Jennifer Carter-Tillapaugh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Photos Credit:<\/strong> Nickel City Headshots<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Homecoming by Harold Pinter November 10-December 9, 2023 Director&#8217;s Note More than perhaps any playwright, Harold Pinter articulates the rhythm of silence and ambiguity, highlighted by a precise control of language. 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