GREEK FESTIVAL
AUGUST 10 - OCTOBER 4, 2015
GREEK FESTIVAL
August 10-October 4, 2015
CSC starts the season with a celebration of classical Greek theater. We’ve gathered some of the best and brightest artists in the downtown theater scene to explore this rich and ever-fertile dramatic soil. Expect the unexpected in this month-long festival of productions, readings, seminars and Greek culture.
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS
FROM EURIPIDES
TRANSADAPTED BY ANNE WASHBURN
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY THE BENGSONS
CHOREOGRAPHY BY SONYA TAYEH
DIRECTED BY RACHEL CHAVKIN
As part of CSC’s inaugural Greek Festival, playwright Anne Washburn (Mr. Burns, a post-electric play) and director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812) team up in this dynamic imagining of Euripides’ rarely-seen final play. Featuring new music by Indie Rock duo The Bengsons and choreography by Sonya Tayeh (“So You Think You Can Dance”), this electric rendering of an ancient story returns us to a world where a father is challenged to sacrifice his daughter to appease the gods.
THE FRAGMENTS
FROM PHAETHON
BY MAC WELLMAN
DIRECTED BY ALICE REAGAN
Distinguished playwrights Ellen McLaughlin, Charles L. Mee and Mac Wellman each take a fragment from the lost corpus of classical Greek plays from Sophocles and Euripides and weave them into three full dramatic evenings.
ORESTEIA
INSPIRED BY AESCHYLUS
CONCEIVED & DIRECTED BY JONATHAN VANDENBERG
IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASHES COMPANY
The Oresteia, the only surviving trilogy of Ancient Greek tragedy, is an inexorable exploration of human nature. It exists at a threshold between old and new worlds. In this production of few words, Aeschylus’ trilogy becomes the catalyst for a future tragic form. A distinctive theatrical language of gesture, image, and sound emerges.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS
with
Colette Alexander, Abigail Nessen Bengson, Shaun Bengson, Ato Blankson-Wood, Rob Campbell, Amber Grat, Audrey Elaine Hailes, Geneva Harrison, Mark Jaynes, Nike Kadri, Austin Ku, Jo Lampert, Kristen Sieh
Arnulfo Maldonado, Set Design
Normandy Sherwood, Costume Design
Austin R. Smith, Lighting Design
Stowe Nelson, Sound Design
Karyn Meek, Production Stage Manager
Amber Mathis, Production Manager
THE FRAGMENTS
with
Hannah Cabell, Rachel Christopher, Linda Mancini, Abby Rosebrock, Kristen Sieh
ORESTEIA
with
Samuel Caraballo, Robert Grimm, Adam Kampouris, Ioanna Kastarou, Tanner Lamanuzzi, Lauren Maykut, Nathaniel Peart, Caitlin Pereiras, Adam Roper, Kristina Siapkara
