[ Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama ]

Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama by Michel Marc Bouchard Translated by Linda Gaboriau Directed by Sean Bland '08 Produced by Andrea McChristian '08 Saybrook Underbrook March 23, 24, 25, 2006 cast Simon Doucet in 1912: Alexander Dominitz '09 Count Vallier de Tilly: Adam Metzger '08 Jean Bilodeau: Andrew Beaty '07 Countess Marie-Laure de Tilly: Katherine Miller '08 Lydie-Anne de Rozier: Jennifer Cohen '09 Bishop Bilodeau: Michael Gold '07 Simon Doucet in 1952, Timothee Doucet: Alex Walker '08 Father Saint-Michel, Baron de Hue: Sean Bland Student, Baroness de Hue: Jennifer Landau '09 production staff Stage Manager: Yuting Zeng '08 Lighting: Valerie Cervantes '08 Props/Costumes: Christine Yurechko '08 Technical Director: Ben Colman '08 ...tba... synopsis The spring of 1952. A man named Simon asks a bishop to meet with him, so that he might confess his sins. Instead of making a confession, Simon takes the bishop hostage and stages a re-enactment of life in the small Quebec town of Roberal in 1912, where he and the bishop had been schoolmates at a Jesuit all-boys school. A young Simon is starring in the school's production of The Martydom of St. Sebastian, sharing the stage with his lover Vallier, and the relationship between Simon and Vallier incites anger and jealousy in a young, pious Bilodeau. Exploring issues of sexuality, gender identity, and love in a religious environment, Michel Marc Bouchard carefully crafts a tale of love, betrayal, religion, fiction, drama, art, family, and truth. A truly spectacular work of theater, this play has rarely been performed in the US.