The Stage Company
Machinal
Machinal
By Sophie Treadwell
Directed By: Sarah Dubach
Machinal follows a young woman as she works as a low-level stenographer and lives with her mother. She follows the rituals that society expects of a woman, however resistant she may feel about them. She subsequently marries her boss, whom she finds repulsive. After having a baby with him, she has an affair with a younger man who fuels her lust for life. Driven to murder her husband, she is convicted of the crime and is executed in the electric chair.
February 7-9 & 13-16, 2025