The lION IN Winter (2018)

Directed by Angela Bonacasa
Scenic Designer: Tricia A. Hobbs
Lighting Designer: Scout Hough
Costume Designer: Claire Bolduc
Properties Designer: Belinda Hobbs
Stage Manager: Jennifer Snow
Backstage Running Crew: Alyx Snow
Backstage Running Crew: Erica Veazey
Asst. Producer: Tellis Coolong

Photos by Christopher Goetting

Mark Bilyk as Henry
Julie Arnold Lisnet as Eleanor
Paul Nicklas as Richard
Tyler Costigan as Geoffrey
Padraic Harrison as John
Aimee Gerow as Alais
Conor Kenny as Philip

Comedic in tone, dramatic in action, The Lion in Winter tells the story of the Plantagenet family who are locked in a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom.

It’s Christmas 1183. Eleanor of Aquitaine, the queen and the wealthiest woman in the world, has been kept in prison for raising an army against her husband, King Henry II.

The play centers around the inner conflicts of the royal family as they fight over the kingdom, as well as who will be King Henry’s paramour. As Eleanor says, “every family has its ups and downs,” and this royal family is no exception.

 “The Lion in Winter” was performed at the Old St. Mary’s Reception Halls, 89 Main Street in Orono, ME, as the first performance in their newly renovated space. 

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