Seven Veils

Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.

Cast

Amanda Seyfried

as Jeanine

Rebecca Liddiard

as Clea

Douglas Smith

as Luke

Mark O'Brien

as Paul

Vinessa Antoine

as Rachel

Ambur Braid

as Ambur/Salome

Michael Kupfer-Radecky

as Johan/John the Baptist

Tara Nicodemo

as Nancy

Maia Jae

as Dimitra

Lynne Griffin

as Margot

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