He added: “One challenge to performing in this production of ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ is acquitting myself gracefully in the dance segments, which serve both to set the play in 19th century France and to illustrate the various characters and their relationships to each other.
“He sees himself as a moral man who has spent his career serving justice but he carries within him not only the secret of his unjust imprisonment of Dantes, but an even deeper and darker one as well,” he said. This version should be where theater patrons can talk about the ending as they exit the theater.”Ĭal Whitehurst is playing the role of Gerard de Villefort, a prosecuting attorney for the French Royal Government and one of the conspirators who send Edmond Dantes to prison on a false charge of treason. The essential arc of Edmond Dantes’ life goes from revenge to obsession to forgiveness to transcendence is to be clear and compelling.
We would love to have the audience decide for themselves if Dantes ‘killed himself,’ ‘begun his life anew,’ or has been ‘renewed in spirit.’ This is up to each theater-goer to decide for himself. She added: “This is a story of death and rebirth, repentance, renewal and transcendence. This show has not been performed in our area so it will be a new experience for seasoned theater goers,” she said. We are thrilled to find the Charles Morey script fit the bill perfectly. “One of our council members suggested ‘The Count of Monte Cristo.’ It took some time to find a script that was true to the Dumas work and acceptable for our stage. Producer Marg Soroos said they like to do classic stories at ACCT. Yet in the end only truth, hope, and love will prevail.’” I'd like the audience to consider Dumas' own words: ‘romance, revenge, obsession and justice abound.
She added: “‘Vengeance is a harsh mistress,’ as one of the play's characters reminds us, and such all-encompassing thirst for revenge should not be done at risk of losing one's humanity. I don’t think the Count is wrong for wanting to exact revenge on those who treated him with such injustice, but there is a danger when the pursuit of revenge becomes so all-consuming,” she said. “The play is a story about power, the price many pay to obtain power, and the ruthlessness with which that power can be used, certainly providing proof to the saying, absolute power corrupts absolutely. “At a time when it seems that the selfish and greedy can sow hate, division, and pillage the environment without impunity, we need a tale in which the bad people get their comeuppance,” she said. But as Dantes becomes consumed with his quest for vengeance, he finds himself losing his humanity and any hope of reconciling with the love of his life.ĭirector Eleanore Tapscott said the play is an epic tale of suffering and retribution with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, forgiveness, and reformation. Dantes escapes and returns to society disguised as the Count of Monte Cristo with plans to enact his revenge on those who betrayed him. While unjustly imprisoned, Edmond Dantes befriends a neighboring inmate who bequeaths him an enormous treasure. Betrayal, obsession, and redemption provide the backdrop for this Charles Morey adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' novel. Emily Golden (Mercedes), Tim Caron (Edmund Dantes/Count of Monte Cristo), Michael Schwartz (Fernand Mondego), Michael Gerwin (Caderousse), and Jim Pearson (Eugene Danglars) star in ACCT’s production of “The Count of Monte Cristo.”Īldersgate Church Community Theater (ACCT) is presenting “The Count of Monte Cristo” from Sept.
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