The Exception

By Olga Humphrey

The Exception is a play that needs 8 or more performers (4 women, 4 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.

Type
play
Cast size
8 or more performers
Roles
4 women, 4 men
Cast notes
4m., 4w. (Doubling.) Limited Streaming Rights Available
Recommended level
High school
Dance
No dance
Genre
drama
Licensor
Dramatic Publishing

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Synopsis

A brilliant painter. A fiery personality. An influence on Rembrandt and Velazquez. The talk of 17th-century Rome. The exception to all the rules — Artemisia Gentileschi, a teenage girl! The Exception tantalizingly blends fact and fiction in a provocative, entertaining and timely drama about this controversial artist. The play takes place from 1611 to 1612, when Artemisia charges her tutor, the handsome, enigmatic Agostino Tassi, with rape. But there is a twist to the case. Tassi, for complex rea

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