The Hunchback of Notre Dame... 
A Mute Play

Inspired by Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA

FRINGEARTS FESTIVAL 2014

Freak. Cretin. Weirdo. Monster. 

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” What happens when we let obsession pulsate through our veins? Are we capable of denouncing our beliefs for the sake of lust? Inspired by the silent films of the 1920’s and told through the deafened and disfigured perspective of Quasimodo, Renegade will transform Victor Hugo’s novel into a nightmarish expressionist landscape begging the question, what does it mean to be a monster? Featuring a collaboration with Le Puppet Regime to create visual elements incorporated into the performance.


 

CONCEIVED & DIRECTED by Mike Durkin
FEATURING Doug Greene, Dan Higbee, Shamus Hunter McCarty, Lee Minora, Rob Nedoff, Eric Scotolati & Anna Szapiro
MOVEMENT Mason Rosenthal, Annie Wilson & the ensemble
ORIGINAL MUSIC Joo Won Park & Adam Vidiksis
PRODUCTION TEAM Eric Baker, Genevieve Geer, Rebecca Kanach, Stephanie Sintef, & Lauren Tracy
COMMUNITY COLLABORATOR Le Puppet Regime