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  A Blissful Vacation from Responsibility: Director Maria Aitken on the work of Noël Coward

  Maria Aitken holds the record for most performances by an actress in the works of Noël Coward in London’s West End. She spoke with us about her take on Britain’s wittiest playwright as rehearsals on this new production began.

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  Effortless and Bold: The Work of French Painter Raoul Dufy

  Scenic designers often draw inspiration from art of the era shown onstage, and for this production of Private Lives, designer Allen Moyer was drawn to an icon of French painting: “My mind went to this wonderful painter Raoul Dufy,” he says. “He’s one of my favorite painters and is exactly the right period.”

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  A Hasty Kind of Genius: Noél Coward's Private Lives

  "Noël Coward's signature wit and keen eye for human behavior make his plays vibrate emotionally. It's thrilling to have Maria Aitken, one of the world's greatest interpreters of Coward, here to bring his work to life." —Peter DuBois

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  Director Maria Aitken: Inspired Interpreter of Coward's Comedy

  "The comedy of manners is not prancing about with fans or being brittle," Maria Aitken explains. "Things don't work unless you warm them up from underneath. I've been in lots of serious plays, but I don't see it as my forte. Comedy is a very serious matter."

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Features

• Bianca Amato Amanda Bianca Amato Amanda
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  Bianca Amato

  Amanda

  Bianca Amato previously appeared in Prive Lives (2012) at the Huntington. She has Broadway credits that include Arcadia and The Coast of Utopia.

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• Autumn Hurlbert Sibyl Autumn Hurlbert Sibyl
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  Autumn Hurlbert

  Sibyl

  Autumn Hurlbert previously appeared in Private Lives (2012) at the Huntington. She has Broadway and Broadway tour credits that include Legally Blonde and Little Women.

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• Paula Plum Louise Paula Plum Louise
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  Paula Plum

  Louise

  Paula Plum appeared at the Huntington in Top Girls (2018),  Tartuffe (2017), Private Lives (2012) The Luck of the Irish (2012), and Jumpers (1987). Ms. Plum also served as assistant to Lloyd Richards on three August Wilson premieres, Seven Guitars (1995), The Piano Lesson(1988), and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1986).

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• James Waterston Elyot James Waterston Elyot
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  James Waterston

  Elyot

  James Waterston previously appeard in The Cocktail Hour (2013), Private Lives(2012), Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (1998), and Ah, Wilderness! (1998) at the Huntington. 

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• Jeremy Webb Victor Jeremy Webb Victor
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  Jeremy Webb

  Victor

  Jeremy Webb previously appeared at the Huntington  in A Doll's House (2017) and Private Lives (2012) (IRNE Award nomination), a production that subsequently moved to Shakespeare Theatre Company. Other credits include Kander and Ebb’s The Visit (Broadway, The Actors Fund, and Signature Theatre), The Glorious Ones, (Lincoln Center Theater, Original Cast Recording), The Baltimore Waltz (Signature Theatre), Tabletop (Working Theater), Photograph 51 (Ensemble Studio Theatre), She Stoops to Conquer (Williamstown Theatre Festival and McCarter Theatre), Next Fall (LA Theatre Works and NPR), and Tom Jones (North Shore Music Theatre).

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• Noël Coward Playwright Noël Coward Playwright
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  Noël Coward

  Playwright

  Noël Coward was an English playwright composer, director, actor, and singer known for his wit and what Time Magazine called “a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, posh and poise.” He wrote and published more than 50 plays including Fallen Angels, The Vortex, Hay Fever, Easy Virtue, Private Lives (2012), Design For Living (1983), Present Laughter (2007), Blithe Spirit, and Waiting in the Wings.

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• Maria Aitken Director Maria Aitken Director
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  Maria Aitken

  Director

  Maria Aitken has credits that include the Olivier and Tony Award-winning production of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps which she directed at the Huntington Theatre Company as its American premiere before its Broadway and Off Broadway runs. Ms. Aitken also directed Bedroom Farce, The Seagull, The Cocktail Hour, Betrayal, Private Lives, and Educating Rita at the Huntington.

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• Allen Moyer Scenic Design Allen Moyer Scenic Design
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  Allen Moyer

  Scenic Design

  Allen Moyer previously designed the set for The Cocktail Hour (2013), Betrayal (2012), Private Lives (2012), Before I Leave You (2011), Educating Rita (2011), and Pterodactyls(1994) at the Huntington. His Broadway credits include The Lyons, Lysistrata Jones, After Miss Julie, Grey Gardens (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Henry Hewes Award), Thurgood, The Little Dog Laughed, and The Constant Wife. Mr. Moyer is the recipient of the 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

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• Philip S. Rosenberg Lighting Design Philip S. Rosenberg Lighting Design
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  Philip S. Rosenberg

  Lighting Design

  Philip S. Rosenberg has previous Huntington credits that include Fall (2018), Merrily We Roll Along (2017), Can You Forgive Her? (2016), Betrayal (2012), Private Lives (2012), Bus Stop (2010), and She Loves Me (2008). His Broadway credits include Pretty Woman: The Musical, The Elephant Man, It’s Only a Play, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. In years past, Mr. Rosenberg has also served as associate lighting designer on over 35 Broadway plays and musicals.

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• Rob Milburn Sound Design Rob Milburn Sound Design
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  Rob Milburn

  Sound Design

  Rob Milburn has previously designed sound or music for the Huntington's productions of A Doll's House (2017), Awake and Sing! (2014), Good People (2012), Private Lives (2012), How Shakespeare Won the West (2008), The Amen Corner (2001), King Hedley II (2000), Jitney (1998), Ah, Wilderness! (1998), and Bang the Drum Slowly (1994).

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• Michael Bodeen Sound Design Michael Bodeen Sound Design
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  Michael Bodeen

  Sound Design

  Michael Bodeen has previously designed sound or music for the Huntington's productions of A Doll's House (2017), Awake and Sing! (2014), Good People (2012), Private Lives (2012), How Shakespeare Won the West (2008), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Nomathemba (Hope) (1998), Ah, Wilderness! (1998), Journey to the West (1996), and Hamlet (1996).

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• Daniel Pelzig Movement Daniel Pelzig Movement
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  Daniel Pelzig

  Movement

  Daniel Pelzig has Huntington credits that include Tartuffe (2017), Sunday in the Park with George (2016), A Little Night Music (2015), Candide (1989), Private Lives (2012), Company (1997), H.M.S. Pinafore (1990), The Mikado (1999), and A Christmas Carol (1992). His most recent credits include choreographer for Guys and Dolls at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Carousel at Glimmerglass Festival, The Figaro Plays at McCarter Theatre, and director/choreographer of Die Fledermaus at Houston Grand Opera and Romeo et Juliette at Kentucky Opera.

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• Stephen Gabis Dialect Coach Stephen Gabis Dialect Coach
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  Stephen Gabis

  Dialect Coach

  Stephen Gabis previously worked at the Huntington on Bedroom Farce (2016), Betrayal(2012), Private Lives (2012), Captors (2011), Educating Rita (2011), The Corn is Green (2009), Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (2007), and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme (2002).

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• Leslie Sears Production Stage Manager Leslie Sears Production Stage Manager
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  Leslie Sears

  Production Stage Manager

  Leslie Sears has worked on the Huntington premieres of Sons of the Prophet, Vengeance is the Lord’s, A Civil War Christmas, The Miracle at Naples, and How Shakespeare Won the West, as well as Invisible Man, Private Lives, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined, Bus Stop, Prelude to a Kiss, All My Sons, Fences, The Corn is Green, and The Rivals. Ms. Sears is a graduate of Boston University where she teaches stage management.

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• Kevin Robert Fitzpatrick Stage Manager Kevin Robert Fitzpatrick Stage Manager
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  Kevin Robert Fitzpatrick

  Stage Manager

  Kevin Robert Fitzpatrick continues with the Huntington after recently stage managing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, God of Carnage, Captors, Candide, and last season’s Bus Stop.

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