Jennifer Fabos

Angela attempts to recreate a feast from ancient Greece using culinary texts by Archestratus. Her desire for a Dionysian orgy of debauchery and lust is threatened by her husband Richard's belief in a life ruled by order and logic. Their battle of wills and wits results in an evening of lust, exotic food, broken relationships and philosophical discourse that leaves all of the revelers bruised and bewildered.

This comedy chronicles the experiences of Juliette, a young woman who undergoes a deep exploration of her sexuality as she is given a series of special lessons in sex and philosophy by the extremely decadent Dolman. During the course of an evening Dolman helps demolish Juliette’s conservative ideology and replaces it with his own libertine perspectives. Juliette becomes an enthusiastic convert in this bicentennial production of the Marquis de Sade’s classic book.

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.