sofonisba
April 2025 at Washington Stage Guild. Directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes. Written by Callie Kimball.
Featuring Amanda Tudor, O’Malley Steuerman, Gabriel Alejandro, and Peter Boyer
A student of Michelangelo, 27-year-old noblewoman and renowned portrait artist Sofonisba Anguissola travels from Italy to Spain to paint for King Philip II. In her 20 years at the Royal Court, she must play to and against the expectations of the king, friendship with and service to a 14-year-old Queen Isabel, and navigate the tricky waters of court politics as an unmarried woman. A play about the hunger for creation – of birth and of art – and what it costs.
“Costume Designer Elizabeth Morton also clearly put great forethought into the finer details, creating period-appropriate costumes in which the performers could still move and be lively.”
“Elizabeth Morton’s costumes are lovely, colorful, and full of exquisite detail.”
“Every aspect of the production is imaginative and truthful.”
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Photos by DJ Corey Photography | Set by Megan Holden | Lighting by Marianne Meadows | Sound Design by Thom Woodward | Stage Manager Shannon Lewis