Never the Sinner at the Clemente Soto Velez Center

Woodshed Collective presents Never the Sinner, by John Logan, opening at the Clemente Soto Velez Center on 17 Jul 2007, following previews from 13 Jul and running through to 28 Jul 2007.

Never the Sinner: depicts the story of Leopold and Loeb - two young millionaire lovers who in 1924, while attending university of Chicago, murdered a fourteen-year-old boy simply for the 'thrill of it.' This cinematic play chronicles the dark, deranged yet hauntingly tender world of Leopold and Loeb's relationship against the media's sensational coverage of what was then, 'the trial of the century.' A trial which is now equally famous for Clarence Darrow's legendary defense of the boys in the face of city-wide cries for execution.

"To say that Leopold and Loeb were 'monsters' is too easy. To say that they were 'evil' is too facile. I find Darrow's tact more relevant. Leopold and Loeb were human beings. Just like the rest of us. They were tormented. They were brutal. They lacked any true moral, ethical compass. They could not find their way in our sunlit world, so they embraced the darkness. In that darkness, they had only each other."
(from John Logan�s forward to Never the Sinner)

Directed by Gabriel Hainer Evansohn, Never the Sinner features Leopold (Teddy Bergman), Loeb (Stephen Squibb), E.C. Kelly (Clarence Darrow), Derek Manson (Robert Crowe), Chris Cole, Dan Cozzens, Meredith Holzman, Keith Lubeley and Hugh Sinclair.

Set design by Eric Southern, with costumes by Jessica Pabst, lighing by Carl Faber and sound by Joshua Higginson.