Photograph 51
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PHOTOGRAPH 51
by Anna Ziegler
Directed by Daniella Topol
Produced by Theatre J, Washington D.C.
Rosalind Franklin: Elizabeth Rich
Maurice Wilkins: Clinton Brandhagen
James Watson: James Flanagan
Don Caspar: Tim Getman
Francis Crick: Michael Glenn
Ray Gosling: Alexander Strain
Set Design: Giorgos Tsappas
Light Design: Dan Covey
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Costume Design: Luciana Stecconi
Sound Design/Composition: Veronika Vorel
Properties Design: HannaH J. Crowell
Stage Manager: Roy Gross
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reviews
"Daniella Topol’s staging is as brisk and knowing as the 90-minute (no intermission) script...The frictions are steadily entertaining, in part because Topol has cast the play extremely well: The acting is intelligent and light, and the play feels like it’s constantly on the move."
"Daniella Topol’s warm and personable cast brings the supporting characters...admirably to life."
"Director Daniella Topol has assembled a tight ensemble..."
"In director Daniella Topol's hands, the work becomes part memory play, part testimony told in flashback...[it] ably binds together the fragments that are known of Franklin's brief life...and as a theatrical experience, it's not just for science lovers."
"Director Daniella Topol guides a fine cast through the action, keeping the jumps through the time vortex and shifting voices of the scientific chorus cleanly delineated."
"Director Daniella Topol adeptly controls the pace of the piece, giving it an air of suspense while nicely balancing the character interplays. She handles the ending scenes with great sensitivity..."