Geddeth Smith (Oswald) happily returns to Philadelphia, having played here many times, his last appearance in The Big Knife at the Walnut Street Theatre; his first, with Eva LeGallienne and Signe Hasso in Mary Stuart at the Forrest. Broadway: Waiting in the Wings and Alice in Wonderland, among others. Off-Broadway: Peter Hall’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest (BAM), The Voysey Inheritance (Atlantic Theatre), Theophilus North and The Conscientious Objector (Keen Company), Aristocrats, Philadelphia, Here I Come, Shadow of a Gunman, and The Shaughraun (Irish Repertory Theatre). LORT: Cleveland Playhouse, Geva, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, et. Al. in a wide variety of roles, over fifty of them in Shakespeare’s plays. TV: Jan Kadar’s Blue Hotel; Man Without A Country et. Al. Associate Artist at Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, and author of three biographies of actors: Eliza Poe; Thomas Abthorpe Cooper; and most recently, Walter Hampden.
Leaving
by Václav Havel
translated by Paul Wilson
directed by Jiri Zizka
starring Oscar® nominee David Strathairn
Meet the Artists
Cast
Krista Apple •
Monika
Janis Dardaris •
Grandma
Mark Cairns •
Albín
Mike Dees •
Bob
Peter DeLaurier •
Hanuš
Victoria Frings •
Zuzanna
Leonard C. Haas •
Dick
Trevor Long •
Klein
Mary McCool •
Bea
Kathryn Meisle •
Irena
Jennifer R. Morris •
Vlasta
Geddeth Smith •
Oswald
Luigi Sottile •
Victor
David Strathairn •
Dr. Vilém Rieger
H. Michael Walls •
Knobloch
Production Team
Jiri Zizka •
Director
Václav Havel •
Playwright
Paul Wilson •
Translator
Klara Zieglerova •
Set Designer
Vasilija Zivanic •
Costume Designer
Jerold R. Forsyth •
Lighting Designer
Nick Rye •
Sound Designer
Walter Bilderback •
Dramaturg
Iain Campbell •
Production Manager
Patreshettarlini Adams •
Stage Manager
Geddeth Smith