Production History

Presented October 18–21, 2000, as a Stage Center Presents special engagement, separate from CST’s regular mainstage subscription series. Rhonda Clark directed Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’s novel. Set among the aristocracy of pre-revolutionary France, the drama follows former lovers Merteuil and Valmont as their schemes of seduction and revenge produce devastating consequences. Guest artist Alley Mills, known for playing Norma Arnold on The Wonder Years, starred as the Marquise de Merteuil opposite Robert Shaun Kilburn as Valmont. Vikki Simer served as Mills’s stand-in and understudy, a credit distinct from the production’s character assignments.

CST Connections

CST had previously presented another visiting television actor, William Katt, in I Hate Hamlet under the Stage Center Presents banner. Doobie Potter, Suzanne Charney, and Vikki Simer had appeared together in CST’s 1994 It Runs in the Family. Here, Potter played Madame de Volanges, Charney played Madame de Rosemonde, and Simer served as stand-in and understudy.

Press Coverage

“Corruption and Lust” — The Oklahoman, October 13, 2000, production preview.
“Stellar Performers Tell Story of Cruelty, Sex” — The Oklahoman, October 20, 2000, contemporary review.

Licensing

Currently licensed through Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

THEATRE UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

Robert Shaun Kilburn