by SophoclesAdapted by Frank McGuinness
Information provided by www.neiu.edu/~stagectr
Directed by Rodney Higginbotham
Thursdays-Fridays-Saturdays7:30 p.m.November 13-15November 20-22 (No performances during Thanksgiving Week)Dec. 4-6
Years ago Electra’s father was murdered by her mother’s lover. Since that time Electra has daily suffered and mourned her father’s death, sustained only by the belief that her brother Orestes, upon attaining manhood, would one day return to exact revenge. At the opening of the play, the morning light falls on the palace of golden Mycenae as Orestes secretly returns with a plot to satisfy Electra’s deepest desire. Thus begins one of the most frequently produced of the classic Greek tragedies. “Leave it to a playwright who has been dead for 2,400 years to jolt Broadway [with] soul satisfying drama at its most passionately, intensely alive…. It’s a provocative evening that not only reacquaints you with the direct, unprocessed power of Greek drama but also provides a depth of pleasure you associate with great movies ” (New York Times found in Samuel French, Inc.)
General Admission – $10 Senior Citizen $8 Students other than NEIU, and Alumni $8 Children 6-12 $6
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Cast
Servant to Orestes______________Andrew Berlien
Orestes_______________________David Mitchell
Pylades_______________________Kyle Youngblut
Electra_______________________Gail Wittenstein
Chorus_______________________Laura Gryfinsk, Wendy Silva, and Whitney Behr Chrysothemis________________Colleen McCready
Clytemnestra___________________Cheryl Lyman
Aegisthus_________________ Kenneth Kirschnick