The Dispute at the Abingdon Theatre

National Asian American Theatre Company presents The Dispute, by Pierre Marivaux, translated by Neil Bartlett, opening at the Abingdon Theatre on 8 Aug 2006, following previews from 4 Aug and running through to 26 Aug 2006.

The Dispute endeavors to discover which sex committed the first infidelity. A prince persuades his lover to watch the playing out of a cruel experiment set in motion 18 years earlier when his father was having the same dispute with his lover: four young people, two men and two women, who have been reared in isolation since birth, are released into a garden to see who will sin first - the man or the woman.

Directed by Jean Randich, The Dispute features Alexis Camins, Jennifer Chang, Claro de los Reyes, Mel Duane Gionson, Lanny Joon, Jennifer Ikeda, Mia Katigbak, Annabel LaLonde, Alfredo Narciso, and Oliva Oguma.

Set design is by Sue Rees, with costumes by Kirian Langseth-Schmidt, lighting by Stephen Petrilli and sound by Robert Murphy.