GCA presents "The Elephant Man"

A play by Bernard Pomerance, it focuses on Joseph "John" Merrick’s humanity and quest to define himself as a man of society after spending his life as an outcast. Merrick, who lived in London in the late 1800s, desires to be seen and accepted, but also to transcend his life as a grotesque sideshow act. The lead role of Merrick requires an actor to sustain a contorted body posture and skewed facial alignment for the entire performance without the use of prosthetics.