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Cain + Abel
By Ben Jolivet, Directed by Susie Schutt

October 22-November 1

ABOUT CAIN + ABEL
From The Wilbury Group's Playwright-in-Residence Ben Jolivet comes Cain + Abel, a fresh, contemporary take on a classic tale. In the shadow of the deserted garden, two brothers wrestle with faith and desire in the face of uncertainty and fear; two women struggle to find a place beyond the grossest instincts of men; and a lonely traveller grapples with his creation.  Fighting their way into the unknown will demand everything from them and result in the ultimate sacrifice. In the beginning, nothing became something and nobody knew what to do.

Written by Playwright-in-Residence Ben Jolivet, the development of Cain + Abel is supported by an Arts Access Grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

"I commend the Wilbury Group for their initiatives in developing new works. If the scene is going to survive, Rhode Island needs writers for the stage. And good ones. Ben Jolivet nailed it with Cain + Abel and I look forward to his future collaborations with Wilbury." -Motif Magazine

"Jolivet makes the growing rift between the brothers and the actual killing dramatic enough to keep the how and the why compelling. Wilbury's Cain + Abel adds up to truly creative theater." -The Jewish Advocate (Boston)

"The acting by the cast of five is excellent. Audience members are sure to take away different interpretations of the other characters. Is The Traveler really a confused, frustrated God who has returned to earth to make things right, but doesn’t know how? And what about Mariah. Is she a snake? Did she really say “What about them apples?” “Cain + Abel” has potential. For certain, it will make you think. Some may even find it sacrilegious..." -Cranston Herald/Warwick Beacon

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CAIN + ABEL

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CAST

Jeff Hodge, Cain
Tobias Wilson, Abel
Melissa Penick, Lillith
Erika Rethorn, Mariah
Roger Lemelin, Traveler

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Creative Team

Written by Ben Jolivet
Directed by Susie Schutt

Costume Design by Amanda Downing-Carney
Sound Design by Andy Russ
Scenic Design by Katryne Hecht
Light Design by Dan Fisher
Stage Management by Kimberlee Beggs

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About the Playwright

Ben Jolivet is a New England-based playwright, whose works include Tig and Get Rough With Me (both premièred in RI);Lizzie Borden is a Bitch, developed and premiered by Culture*Park (MA) and later at the Seacoast Fringe Fest (NH). Fragile Thing Cracks was developed in readings at Argos Productions (MA), as well at Pandora Productions (CA), who presented the world premiere in April of 2014. Acadiana Rep commissioned and produced Carol: A Broken Chain, and produced the regional premiere of Fragile Thing Cracks; the Delta Grand Theatre commissioned and debuted Something-Summer Might-Have-Been. This Broke-Down Communion and Cain + Abel were both developed by The Wilbury Group; Haunted was a finalist for Sanguine Theatre’s Project Playwright (NYC), and was developed there in a workshop this spring. His one-act plays have appeared at Little Fish Theatre (CA), the Boston Theatre Marathon (MA), and elsewhere. The Resurrectionists won the judges’ award for best script at the 2014 Silver Spring Stage Company’s one act play festival (MD). Ben earned a B.A. in Writing from SNHU and studied at the 2012 Stony Brook Playwrights Conference. He is a two-time semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neil Conference, winner of a 2013 Massachusetts Cultural Council Dramatic Writing Fellowship, a company writer at Acadiana Rep, and playwright-in-residence at the Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence, RI. 

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CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES

Thursday, October 22, 7:30pm
Friday, October 23, 7:30pm 
Saturday, October 24, 7:30pm
Sunday, October 25, 7:30pm
Thursday, October 29, 7:30pm
Friday, October 30, 7:30pm
Saturday, October 31, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 1, 2:00pm