Lysistrata
by Aristophanes

Director: Laura Leffler-McCabe
Scenic Designer: Anna Wieczorek
Costume Designer: Delores Ringer
Lighting Designer: Robert Sturner
Choreographer: Eric F. Avery

Comedies were very popular presentations during the early Greek festivals so there is no reason to think Lysistrata was not immensely popular at it's initial production. Athens and Sparta had been at war for 20 years and the play offered one of the few opportunities to laugh at war. Lysistrata, who’s name means ‘releaser of war’, is the woman with the plan, but she has trouble convincing the lusty women of Greece to give up sex. When she finally persuades them to join her cause, innuendos abound as a battle of the sexes ensues. This dance-infused production places the conflict in present day global relations. Who are our enemies? What is our war? The audience must now decide how far-fetched Aristophanes’ fantasy really is and if we can really achieve peace.

Cast

Lysistrata: Erin Evangeline Burns
The Commish: Scott Johnson
Calonike: Caitlin McDonald                         
Ambassador: Justin Knudsen
Myrrhine: Leslie Long
Kinesias: Darren Maloney
Lampito: Katherine McRobbie
Envoy: Jordy Altman

Chorus

Asha: Ashley K. Lafond
Aman: Andrew York
Jadwiga: Andrea Long
Tadeusz: Brandon DeLany
Massassi: Summer M. Eglinski
Bub: Justin Anselmi III
Rosalinda: Cali Gilman
Armando: Eric F. Avery
Kiku: Lauren R. Marshall
Hanzo: Brandon Ford

Performance Dates & Times

October 22nd at 7:30 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 23rd at 5:00 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 24th at 2:30 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 26th at 7:30 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 27th at 7:30 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 28th at 7:30 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 29th at 7:30 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 30th at 5:00 p.m. Inge Theatre
October 30th at 8:00 p.m. Inge Theatre