• Production Information

• Director's Notes

• Scotland Road Photo Gallery

Production Information

Director's Notes

The Holmdel Theatre Festival is undergoing all kinds of changes this year – and I hope this season reflects the excitement of change – anticipation of what is to come, while at the same time reflecting on our past and honoring, respecting and constructively analyzing our history.

The world, I believe, is in a similar place right now. Here we are on the cusp of a new millennium. And as that transition veers closer, I find that many of us are in a reflective mode – assessing where we've been this past 100 years while looking forward with excitement, hope and anxiety.

This summer's line-up of plays reflects this. Scotland Road, a contemporary play that deals with events stemming from the Titanic disaster, does more, I hope, than cash-in on the current Titanic craze. There's a reason for a Titanic craze – and I believe it very much has to do with the approaching millennium shift.  The Titanic represents a technological shift that was exploding in the early part of this century; electricity, automobiles, aviation – the world was rapidly changing. Things were getting bigger, and faster and more efficient. This wave of change has barreled forward ever since. And oddly enough, looking to January 1, 2000, I believe many of us are still anticipating yet another technological explosion. It is hard not to think of the 21st Century as being futuristic. The Titanic represents such change and perhaps is even a warning of the inherent price.  As John, a central character of the play points out, "Something is lost in the speed and ease of modern conveniences."   Yes, well, the Titanic itself was lost as was a great deal of human life and our collective innocence.

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