Director

Joanie Schultz

Playwright

Madhuri Shekar

Cast

Priya Mohanty (Sanam Shah) Darci Nalepa (Ariel Spiegel) Adam Poss (Arvind Patel) Stephen Spencer (Dr. Philip Hayes)

Summary

PhD candidates Sanam and Ariel have spent the better part of the last decade exhaustively researching vanishing bee populations across the globe. Just as these close friends are about to publish a career-defining paper, Sanam stumbles upon an error in their calculations, which could cause catastrophic damage to their reputations, careers, and friendship. Now, Sanam is confronted with an impossible choice: look the other way or stand by her principles and accept the consequences? Queen by Madhuri Shekar and directed by Joanie Schultz (Cocked, The Whale) returns to Victory Gardens Theater after enthralling audiences last summer at the 2015 IGNITION Festival of New Plays.

Production Team

CHARLOTTE DROVER
Assistant Director

CHELSEA M. WARREN
Set Design

JANICE PYTEL
Costume Design

HEATHER GILBERT
Lighting Design

LYNNE M. HARRIS
Stage Manager

THOMAS DIXON
Sound Design and Original Music

AARON QUICK
Projection Design

ISAAC GOMEZ
Dramaturgy