The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek

by Naomi Wallace

Dobama Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, 2000

Photography by Rique Winston

Excerpts from the Chagrin Valley Times review

“a spellbinding work of art”

“Director Fred Sternfeld has caught the essence of this very difficult stage work. He’s able to blend story and poetry and keeps the action interesting all the way through”

Herb Hammer,
Chagrin Valley Times 2000


Colin James Cook as “Dalton Chance” and Jessica Swank as “Pace Creagan”
Excerpts from the Cleveland Plain Dealer review

“sparkles under the masterful hand of director Fred Sternfeld.”

“Sternfeld brings together the elements on his palette – Wallace’s careful words, the superbly atmospheric work of his designers and four truly wonderful acting performances – in a seamless, hypnotic and clearly envisioned whole.”

Tony Brown,
The Plain Dealer
2000

Excerpts from the Cleveland Scene review

The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek “fills the basement theater with the sweet, intoxicating static electricity of a summer storm”

“Sternfeld’s direction is alternately harsh and unforgiving in the way it elucidates his characters’ peccadilloes through a stance, a pout, or a grouping, yet tender in the way it shows off his young performers’ verve and honesty”

“an evening that’s implacable, centered, and majestic”

“Some of the audience seemed to be on the verge of weeping, not out of sadness, but in awe of a haunting rural Passion Play. How exhilarating to witness a work whose generosity of spirit and depth of sympathy for human complexity is too rich to be shoved off as a disposable diversion”

Keith A. Joseph, Cleveland Scene 2000

Link to the entire review on The Cleveland Scene’s web-site

 

The Company

Dalton Chance
Pace Creagan
Gin Chance
Dray Chance
Chas

Producer
Director
Set Designer
Light Designer
Costumer
Sound Designer
Properties
Dialect Coach
Stage Managers

Colin James Cook
Jessica Swank
Sheila E. Maloney*
Kirk Brown
Charles Kartali*

Joyce Casey
Fred Sternfeld
Ron Newell
Keith Nagy
Allie Hernan
Scott Myers
Mary Walsh
Chuck Richie
Tod Huffman,
Gina LaVerde

*member — Actors’ Equity Association

Excerpts from The Cleveland Jewish News review

“Credit director Fred Sternfeld’s solid production and a strong cast
for grounding the elliptical piece into a more cohesive whole”

Fran Heller, Cleveland Jewish News, 2000