The Wild Ass’s Skin

An original verse adaptation of the Balzac novel “La Peau de Chagrin”

By J. Scott Reynolds

A magical donkey pelt falls into the hands of a suicidal young man which enables him to receive his heart’s desires on demand—with the caveat that his life span shall diminish with proportion to the intensity and volume of his wishes.

There were 13 performances at American Theatre of Actors, Beckmann Stage, from August 8 - 19, 2000.

This was a “Pick of the Week” at New York Theatre Experience, where Martin Denton described the production as “a special kind of theatre—entirely uncommercial and entirely uncompromising.”  The Review...

Doug DeVita of the Off-Off-Broadway Review loved the production, too, saying that it “captured the acute psychological insight and keen sense of irony that are the very soul of Balzac’s genius.”  The Review...

The Cast

* Member, Actors’ Equity