Loving the Stranger or How to Recognize an Invert (2012)
Produced by
Presented by
Playwright: Alistair Newton
Director: Alistair Newton
Venue
Run
January 5th, 2012 – January 15th, 2012
Synopsis
Meet Montréal’s Peter Flinsch: theatre designer, visual artist, and survivor of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals, arrested in 1942 for kissing a friend at a Luftwaffe Christmas party. From the cabarets of 1920’s Berlin, to the ongoing battle over gay marriage, all the way to the office of the Prime Minister; sexuality, spectacle, and satire launch a musical blitzkrieg on apathy. (eccehomotheatre.com)
Cast
| Hume Baugh | Peter Flinsch |
| Seth Drabinsky | Magnus Hirschfeld / Adolf Hitler / Adolf Brand / Friedrich Radszuweit |
| Matt Eger | The Brownshirt / Michel Foucault / The Straight-Acting Guy / Others |
| Kimberly Persona | The Hitler Youth / The Kabarett Singer / Others |
| Geoff Stevens | Michelangelo / Karl Giese / Rudolf Klare / Anonymous Survivor / Others |
| Laurence Ramsay | En Vitesse (Dancer) |
Creative Team
| Alistair Newton | Playwright |
| Alistair Newton | Director |
| Matt Jackson | Costume Designer |
| Matt Jackson | Set Designer |
| Dan Rutzen | Musical Director |
| Graham McKelvie | Original Choreographer |
| Sky Fairchild-Waller | Revival Choreographer |
| Jason Hand | Lighting Designer |
| Alex Josselyn | Projection Designer |
| Stacey Laureyssens | Make-up Artist |
| Marianne Jetté | Associate Costume Designer |
Music
| Adam Weinmann | Accompanist |
Production
| Sandi Becker | Stage Manager |
| Birgit Schreyer Duarte | Translator / Language Coach |
Staff
| Jamie Monteiro | Mainspace Technician |
| Peter Eaton | Venue Technician |
| Alex Cannon | Junior Technician |
| Aaron Kelly | Festival Lighting Designer |
