Mainstage  The Second Production of Our 40th Anniversary Mainstage Season

In Victorian England, where women enjoy few legal rights, Kitty Warren has built an international business empire. When her daughter Vivie graduates from Cambridge, she presses her mother for answers as to their family background. The truth of how her mother survived poverty is difficult to hear; but it’s not the whole story. Shaw’s 1893 play takes a surprisingly modern view of the choices a woman must make, faced with little or no options before her, and the moral implications of economic survival.

Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a witty, brilliant, and insightful account of two women (PRT’s production features real-life mother and daughter Cyndy Fujikawa and Nell Murphy) at different points in life, who insist on choosing their own destinies. The play remains every bit as resonant and essential as it was 130 years ago. That these strong women, mother and daughter, stand opposed to each other equally armored, makes for a thrilling, poignant and unforgettable evening of one of Shaw’s greatest plays.

CAST

Nell Murphy>
Vivie Warren

Cyndy Fujikawa>
Mrs. Warren

Stuart W. Howard>
Praed

Brad Greenquist>
Crofts

Will Rothhaar>
Frank Gardner

Richard Eden>
Reverend Samuel Gardner

PRODUCTION TEAM

Rehearsal Stage Manager: Claire German
Performance Stage Manager: Quinn Pollard-Velez
Producers: Michael Rothhaar and Cyndy Fujikawa
Costume Designer: Shon LeBlanc
Lighting Designer: Michael Franco
Set Designer: Taubert Nadalini
Sound Designer: Claire German
Graphic Designer: Oshy Fielder

Property Design: Lisa Keller
Dramaturg: Lynn Thomson
Dialect Coach: Laura Waddell
Photographer – Marketing: Daniel Reichert
Charge Artist: Marine Walton
Assistant Charge – Artist: Lou Hartmann
Scenic Artist: Rowan Auckland
Wig Stylist: Carol Mitchell
Executive Produced by: Pacific Resident Theatre
Directed by: Michael Rothhaar