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A play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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Translated by James Kirkup
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Production Staff
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Director: Dwight Watson
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Scene and Light Designer: Brian Jones '82
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Costume Designer: Laura Conners
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Stage Manager: Jim Kurtz '85
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Student Assistants: Chris Luce, Jim Kurtz '85, Jon McGovern '87, Brian Stergar '86
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Cast List
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Fraülein Doktor Mathilde von Zahnd: Linda Ostermeier
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Marta Boll: Linda Stover
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Monika Stettler: Lynne Galassini
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Uwe Sievers: Abbott A. Smith '85
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McArthur: Michael Beason '86
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Murill Timothy Oakes '86
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Herbert Georg Beutler (“Newton”): Gordon Sheffield '86
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Ernst Heirich Ernesti (”Einstein”): Greg Hockemeyer '85
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Johann Wilhelm Möbius: Michael Abbott '85
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Oskar Rose: Brad Rickel '87
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Frau Lina Rose: Jennifer Ostermeier
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Adolf-Friedrich: Rob Quirey '88
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Wilfried-Kaspar: Jason Foos
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Jörg-Lukas: Jeff Maharry
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Richard Voss (Inspector): Darin Wallace '87
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Police Doctor: Jeremy Cage '86
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Guhl: John Hiester '86
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Blocher: Tom Moone '85
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Irene Straub: Amy Purcell
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Production Assistance
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Lightboard Operator: Greg Teague '88
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Electrician: Tracy Swaim
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Master Carpenter/Electrician: Chris Luce
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Sound Operator: Brian Terpstra '85
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Sound Technicians: Steve Bear, Brian Terpstra '85
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Key Grip and Fly Crew Chief: Scott Elliott '87
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Propsmaster: Larry Alcorn
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Props Running Crew: Abbott Smith '85
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Graphics: Laura Conners
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In 1962 Swiss dramatist Fredrich Durrenmatt wrote The Physicists, strengthening an international reputation found on his earlier works, The Visit and Romulus the Great. The Physicists takes place in an insane asylum where three male patients, all nuclear physicists, live in anonymity because “…it is the only place where we are still allowed to think with impunity.” One patient believes he is Sir Isaac Newton, another thinks he is Professor Albert Einstein, and the third has visions of King Solomon. Durrenmatt adheres to the Aristotelian unities of time, place, and action because, he says, “… the action takes place among madmen and therefore requires a classical framework.” Durrenmatt probes beneath the surface of seeming comedy to ask pertinent and provocative questions about the scientist and today’s world.
