Goblin Market

by Christina Rossetti / Adapted by Peggy Harmon & Polly Pen

Synopsis: Two proper Victorian sisters, both now grown women and mothers, return to their childhood nursery to relive the haunting memories of their youth. Magically, they are transported back to their girlhood, as their nursery becomes a woodland glen peopled by bizarre goblins who entice them with luscious fruits and promises of unimagined ecstasies. One of the sisters, Laura, partakes of the forbidden offerings, while her sibling, Lizzie, bargains desperately with the fey creatures to save her from inexorably falling under their spell. Blending music, poetry and entrancing imagery, the play is a dazzling journey through the psyches of the two sisters as they struggle to regain the present and to reconcile the fervent, erotic yearnings of their adolescence with the matter-of-fact world that they now inhabit. Happily they succeed, but their voyage in and out of the past—and through the labyrinths of their vivid imaginations—weaves an enchanted spell that will linger long in the memory.

Rossetti Cast

Lizzie	Lynsey Price*
Laura	Jessica Bare

*Movement Coach

Pen Cast

Lizzie	Haley Jensen
Laura	Sheila Mettatal

Production Staff

Director	Timothy Kennedy
Music Director	Tristian Luysterberg
Dramaturg	Stevie Neale
Scenic Designer	Will O'Donnell
Costume Designer	Meghan Miller
Lighting Designer	Katherine Pursell
Wig & Makeup Designer	Britanny Rappise
Technical Director	Steve Grair
Stage Manager	Tara Whalen
Wardrobe Supervisor	Kyra Lipe
Props/Run Crew/Dresser	Rashawnda Foster
Grid Run Crew	Shane Cooney
Master Electrician	Kelley Finn
Lightboard Operator	Valerie Bogar
Soundboard Operator	Tiffany Eddins
Scene Shop Staff	Ashley Elliot
	Will O'Donnell
	Meagan Parker
	Katherine Pursell
	Christopher Thies-Lotito
Costume Shop Staff	Jaci Abney
	Annie Godwin
	Randy Hozian
	Kyra Lipe
	Meghan Miller
	Brittany Rappise
	Corey Stano
Staff Electrician	Kelley Finn
House Manager	Darren Campbell
Box Office Staff	Jessica Bare
	Larkin Dooley
	Rashawnda Foster
	Benjamin Smalls III
	Angela West

Orchestra

Conductor/Piano	Tristian Luysterberg
Violin	Maenna Naffe
Cello	Ayla Green
Percussion	Lynsey Boothe