D'Arc Voices: Re-Telling the Story of Joan of Arc

COMING TO THE FRINGE FESTIVAL JUNE 2015

8 PERFORMANCES

UNDERGROUND THEATER
1312 NORTH WILTON PLACE
HOLLYWOOD CA 90028

The year is 1428. The 100 years war is drawing to a close, and France’s future hangs in the balance. Her population has never recovered from the devastation of the plague, and France is on the verge of becoming history. Suddenly, a prophesy. Where it came from no one knows, but the gossip mills churn up and down the countryside of a Maiden from Lorraine, saving France. Joan D’Arc claims to hear voices and experience visions. Coupled with the rumors of the Prophesy, Joan believes that she is indeed the Maiden from Lorraine. But there seems to be something more than religious fervency behind Joan’s obsession with all things Catholic. She seems drawn to, and identifies with the masculine gender role. She has been warned all her life starting with her mother that wearing men’s garments is against God’s natural order of things, and she is often sent to re...