Sister Carrie
Commissioned and produced in
2002 by Indiana Repertory Theatre, Janet Allen, Artistic director,
Sister Carrie is the stage adaptation of the Theodore Dreiser
novel of the same name.
It is the story of Carrie Meeber, an impressionable young girl
who leaves the insulated confines of rural Wisconsin in the early
1900’s and enters the throbbing, amoral world of the big
city. Soon her yearning for an honorable life and for lasting
love is compromised. Each attempt to reconcile her dreams with
reality forces Carrie into ever-more tangled affairs until she
is forced to contend with the deep and driving forces of American
culture, its restless idealism and its glamorous material temptations.
In the Spring 2002 edition of Dreiser Studies, theatre editor
for Chicago Magazine, Laura Raidonis Bates wrote “. . .
playwright Charles Smith is to be congratulated for his ability
to create lively, vivid dramatic action without sacrificing Dreiser’s
content and tone.”
Production Requirements:
Cast requirements: 8 men, 4 women (all Caucasian)
Set requirements: Unit Set, various locations.
Approximate running time: 3 hours (Three Acts)
Production
History:
• Sister Carrie was commissioned by Indiana Repertory Theatre.
It was produced by Indiana Repertory Theatre in January,
2002. |
