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Actor
The following is a selection of plays Douglas Fowley Jr. has performed
with other companies.
Le Concile d’amour (The Love Council)
by Oscar Panizza (1984) / Théâtre ARTO
directed by Marcel Robert
roles: Phryne of Athens / angle
A delightful comedy! The story of an aging God the Father, His impotent
Son and a very politically incorrect Virgin Mary who order their mischievous cousin
Lucifer to create a sexually transmittable disease to punish and win back a repentant
humanity. Ah! The subtle art of negotiation. The author was imprisoned a year for
writing this play!
La Colère du géant Khalasetra
(Khalasetra’s Anger)
(1985)
Théâtres Raga and Les Montreurs d’Images
directed by Mas Soegeng / mask theatre
role: King Khalasetra
Based on a traditional Indonesian tale, the play addresses the problem
of man vs. nature. It was during the creative process for this piece that I discovered
a deliciously malicious laugh that has never left me!
Le Ramayana
(1992) / Théâtre ARTO
directed by Marcel Robert
role: General Jambavan
This production included mask, shadow, song, dance and text and was
an expression of the powerful relationship our Franco-Swiss director had with Balinese
culture. Ten actors from 8 countries lived together for 4 months studying, improvising
and rehearsing this great Hindu epic.
Footsbarn, 25th Anniversary Celebration
(1996)
This particular poster announces a 3-day theatrical event. Footsbarn
Theatre is one of the oldest and best travelling theatre companies in Europe. I was
privileged to play my one-man show Oscar Wilde, Sacrifice for their 25th birthday
celebration festival.
Oh! Les beaux jours (Happy Days)
by Samuel Beckett (2000) / Théâtre de Séraphin
directed by Marcel Robert
role: Willy
Sitting absolutely still for an hour and a half in a dark hole on the side of
a mound of earth playing my character Willy while the superb French actress Sylvie
Favre gave body and soul to her character Winnie was an exercise in the art of «
just being ». A moment of truth!
LE CHANDELIER (The Candelabra)
by Giordano Bruno (2003)
Centre International du Travail de l’Acteur (C.I.T.A.)
directed by Gabriel Alvarez
roles: Prologus / Gioan Bernardo
Performing Giordano Bruno’s subtle farce was a real challenge, but above
all it introduced me to one of the greatest minds in the history of the Western world.
En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot)
by Samuel Beckett (2003) / Théâtre de Séraphin
directed by Michel Faure, Marcel Robert
role: Vladimir
The shock of finding myself in Samuel Beckett’s world, discovering his
« silences » and tasting his complex simplicity has merely wetted my appetite
for more!
La Nonna (Grandma)
by Roberto Cossa (2005)
Centre International du Travail de l’Acteur (C.I.T.A.)
directed by Gabriel Alvarez
role: Don Francisco
A delightful comic role and the pleasure of plunging into the poignantly absurd.
Frankenstein Superstar (2007)
Centre International du Travail de l’Acteur (C.I.T.A.)
directed by Gabriel Alvarez
role: The Monster
I tap danced and sang my way through this musical parody of Mary Shelly’s
misunderstood modern-day Prometheus. A real treat!
Songe d’une Sœur (Sueño de Monja)
de Jean-Michel Wissmer (2010)
Compagnie Théâtrale Roberto Salomon
directed by Roberto Salomon
role: the Inquisitor
The story of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, one of New Spain’s most
brilliant intellectuals... Nun, author, poet, philosopher and shinning star in the
cultural life of her day. Hers was an illumined mind locked in battle with the power
of the Inquisition. A tragedy?
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Theatre Kayonan
The following is a selection of plays he has created and performed with Theatre Kayonan.
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
(1987, 1991, 1993, 2006) / Theatre Kayonan
role: Scrooge
This piece, created in Paris with Theresa Amoon, Paty Soegeng, Daniel Limoges
and myself, has been performed over the years in 3 subsequent versions. Always a pleasure,
playing old Scrooge has become a sort of ritual for me.
Oscar Wilde, Champagne & Sacrifice
(1993) / Theatre Kayonan
directed by Gérald Chevrolet
role: Oscar Wilde
This was the first phase in a creative process that lasted approximately 7 years.
After selecting a number of excerpts from Wilde’s writings – De Profondis,
The Fisherman and His Soul, The Picture of Dorian Grey – I worked with Geneva
director Gerald Chevrolet to create an original production rich in “Wildian”
innuendo.
Oscar Wilde, Sacrifice
(1996 – 2000)
Theatre Kayonan-St. Gervais Geneva
directed by Marcel Robert
role: Oscar Wilde
Performing Oscar Wilde, Champagne & Sacrifice left me high and hungry for
more. I had certain unanswered question. The subsequent continued research with director
Marcel Robert proved to be an intense, enriching experience both in relationship to
my own understanding of theatre, as well as international recognition. An event!
Souffle (Breathe)
(1998) / Theatre Kayonan-St. Gervais Geneva
directed by Douglas Fowley Jr
This voice/sound/movement performance was a “tour de force” for
actress-singer Livia Koppmann, musician Christophe Berthet and dancer Joseph Stella.
With breathe comes the notion of self; vibration gives birth to emotion, sound and
movement... This performance was a veritable journey into the unknown!
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
(2004) / Theatre Kayonan-St. Gervais Geneva
directed by Marcel Robert
role: John Steinbeck
I grew more at ease with the art of the storytelling actor while playing John
Steinbeck himself relating the story of “the most beautiful pearl in the world”.
It was pure pleasure!
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
(2008, 2009)
Theatre Kayonan - Théâtre Spirale
directed by Yvan Rihs
roles: Mrs. Joe, Joe, Mr. Pumblechoock, Magwitch, Miss Havisham
An on-going year-long collaboration between actress-singer Michele Millner,
musician-composer Yves Cerf, director Yvan Rihs and myself gave birth to this wonderful
play. Both Michele and I have carried Pip’s terrible tale in our hearts since
childhood. Bringing it to the stage was a self-evident necessity and fulfilment of
a deep desire. Our dream took form in a long process of reflection and adaptation
of Dickens’ brilliant text. Michele is perfect as Pip/Estella and I am thrilled
by the challenge of bringing both Magwitch and Miss Havisham to life. Yves Cerf’s
original score has living presence and is intricately woven into the fibre of the
play; whereas Yvan Rihs’ vision and directorial choice brings Dickens’
extraordinary tale to life.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
(2010)
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge / Theatre Kayonan
directed by Yvan Rihs
50 minutes alone on stage reciting this profoundly moving 18th-Century English
poem. Diving into the supernatural to touch the audience’s hearts.
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