Serpent Kills

Jan. 1 - Dec. 31 1993

A captivating telling of the true story of Charles Sabraj and Marie Andree LeClerc.

Venue

1989 - Secret Theatre (Calgary, AB)
1989 - Tarragon Theatre (Toronto, ON)
1992 - Vingt Jours du Theatre du Risque (Montreal, QC)
1992 - Traverse Theatre (Toronto, ON)
1992 - Secret Theatre (Calgary, AB)
1993 - Factory Theatre (Toronto, ON)

...the omnipresence of pop music, a colourful psychedelic setting, and action based on the recent past, immersed in an often violent climate of sexuality and drugs.

In the late seventies, a gang of vicious petty swindlers went on a murderous rampage throughout Southeast Asia, leaving at least a dozen international tourists brutally slain. The ring leader, Charles Sabraj, uses his hypnotic powers on all of his entourage, though effected most are his Quebequois lover/accomplice, Marie Andree LeClerc.

This is a dramatic treatment of a true story. What lured a timid small-town Canadian medical receptionist into the dark labyrinth of abject emotional and sexual slavery?

CREW

Original Co-Production with Crow's Theatre
Written By: Blake Brooker and Jim Millan
Directed By: Peter Hinton

New Version
Rewritten By: Blake Brooker
Directed By: Blake Brooker
Choreographed By: Denise Clarke
Sound Design and Composition By: Richard McDowell

CAST

Original Production
Damon D'Olivera: Sobharj
Siobhan McCormick: Marie
Denise Clarke: Various
Guillermo Verdecchia: Various
Earl Pastko: Various

New Version
Denise Clarke: Barbara
Andy Curtis: Gerry
Michael Green: Charles
Gillian Farabee: Marie Andree (first production)
Michele Moss: Marie Andree (touring production)