Tycho's Fool
(2w / 2m / 3u)
Comic drama - 95 min
Characters
Actor1 (m) TYCHO BRAHE
Actor2 (f) KIRSTEN BRAHE
Actor3 (u) EMCEE / JEPPE
Actor4 (m) SHAKESPEARE / ARISTOTLE / FREDERIK II / JAMES VI / COLUMBO
Actor5 (u) MOOSE / ROSENKRANTZ / GYLDENSTIERNE
Actor6 (u) MANDY / CHRISTIAN IV / MINSTREL / KEPLER / TWIN
Actor7 (f) ACTOR / NOSE / MAGDALENE / JUDITH / ASSISTANT
Synopsis
Tycho’s Fool explores the life and mysterious death of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. It is set in an extraterrestrial Kaberet Astonomiske, whose actors impersonate (among others) Aristotle, European kings, a dwarf jester, and a performing moose. The play combines the live acting with multimedia projections to investigate supernovae, Tycho's connection to Shakespeare, and just who killed the leading astronomer of the 16th century.
Performance History
Pear Theater, Oct 2021 (Staged reading)
Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, FL, Sept 2017 (Staged reading)
In the Water Theatre, NYC, May 2016 (Staged reading)
City Lights Theatre Company, March 2014 (Staged reading)
