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February 16

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February 19

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February 19

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February 26

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February 27

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February 28

7PM ET

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March 5

7PM ET

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[?] This performance will feature live American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters live. All interpreters are trained professionals working with a Deaf ASL coach. Interpretation is visible from select seats. Please contact ticket services at ticketservices@amrep.org or 617-547-8300 to book.
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March 7

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March 8

1:30PM ET

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March 9

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March 11

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March 12

11AM ET

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March 12

7PM ET

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[?] During the performance, a trained describer inserts descriptions of critical visual elements: actions, appearance of characters, body language, costumes, settings, lighting, etc. Audio description is available at any seat in the theater via a wireless earphone available at the reception desk. Join us one hour pre-show for a tactile touch tour and pre-show description.

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March 14

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March 15

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March 15

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March 16

1:30PM ET

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[?] During the performance, a trained describer inserts descriptions of critical visual elements: actions, appearance of characters, body language, costumes, settings, lighting, etc. Audio description is available at any seat in the theater via a wireless earphone available at the reception desk. Join us one hour pre-show for a tactile touch tour and pre-show description.

Open Captioned

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A true war story is never moral.

Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried

Acclaimed writer and adaptor Kate Hamill (Sense & Sensibility, Vanity Fair, Dracula) turns a contemporary lens on Homer’s Odyssey in this new play that reimagines the stories of both Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, and asks how we can learn to embrace healing and forgiveness in order to end cycles of violence and revenge.

Recommended for ages 14+.

By Kate Hamill
Directed by Shana Cooper
Adapted from the epic by Homer

Notable dates

Opening Night: 2/18
Member Night: 2/27
ASL Interpreted:  3/5 at 7PM & 3/8 at 1:30PM
Audio Described: 3/12 at 7PM & 3/16 at 1:30PM
Open Captioned: 3/12 at 7PM & 3/16 at 1:30PM
Sensory Inclusive: 3/9 at 1:30PM

Production Sponsors of The Odyssey
Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett
Development Support
The Bob and Alison Murchison New Work Development Fund

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All Performances (Except FEB 18)
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Take Five invites community members who feel attending theater is financially out of reach or want to take a chance on something new to experience the A.R.T. with a $5 ticket. Information about how to purchase these tickets will be available in the coming weeks.

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All Performances (Except FEB 18)
$5 Tickets

Take Five invites community members who feel attending theater is financially out of reach or want to take a chance on something new to experience the A.R.T. with a $5 ticket. Information about how to purchase these tickets will be available in the coming weeks.

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FEB 20 at 7PM
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Free tickets will be available to the performance on February 20 as part of Harvard ArtsThursdays, a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts. An RSVP is required for one or two tickets as space is limited. On the day of the performance, tickets will be distributed at the Loeb Drama Center to the RSVP list on a first-come, first-served basis.

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FEB 20 at 7PM
Free with RSVP

Free tickets will be available to the performance on February 20 as part of Harvard ArtsThursdays, a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts. An RSVP is required for one or two tickets as space is limited. On the day of the performance, tickets will be distributed at the Loeb Drama Center to the RSVP list on a first-come, first-served basis.

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All Discounts

Standard tickets start at $35, and discounts are available to students and ticket-buyers under the age of 25, Blue Star families, EBT card holders, seniors, Harvard faculty and staff, and others.

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Photos & Videos

Shana Cooper in a beige blouse with a dot pattern hugs Kate Hamill, while others look on in the background.

First Rehearsal

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Shana Cooper stretches her arms out towards members of the cast, watching on.

Inside The Odyssey Workshop

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Press Coverage

Shana Cooper, Kate Hamill, Steph Paul, and Jason O’Connell sit a table in front of their script binders.

Cambridge Day

Homer wrote The Odyssey; Hamill rewrote it.

Hamill says workshops for the epic never fail to draw parallels to contemporary conflicts—as long as there is violence in the world, the Odyssey will be relevant… “There’s lots of swearing in this play, there’s sex in this play, there’s certainly violence in this play, because I want it to feel real to people who are in combat,” Hamill said.

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Hamill says workshops for the epic never fail to draw parallels to contemporary conflicts—as long as there is violence in the world, the Odyssey will be relevant… “There’s lots of swearing in this play, there’s sex in this play, there’s certainly violence in this play, because I want it to feel real to people who are in combat,” Hamill said.

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Kate Hamill

Developmental Workshop of The Odyssey

Behind the Scenes
OCT 19, 2023

After a developmental workshop, actors present a free reading of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of The Odyssey.

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Behind the Scenes
OCT 19, 2023

After a developmental workshop, actors present a free reading of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of The Odyssey.

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Mosaic of Odysseus tied to the mast of his ship.

The Odyssey in Ulysses

Civically Speaking
FEB 28, 2022

Explore how Kate Hamill’s new adaptation of The Odyssey is in dialogue with both the original epic poem and James Joyce’s landmark modernist novel, Ulysses.

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Civically Speaking
FEB 28, 2022

Explore how Kate Hamill’s new adaptation of The Odyssey is in dialogue with both the original epic poem and James Joyce’s landmark modernist novel, Ulysses.

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Kate Hamill, Chukwudi Iwuji, and Alejandra Escalante

Virtual Reading of The Odyssey

Behind the Scenes
JAN 12, 2021

Writer and performer Kate Hamill shares a scene from her new play, discusses reexamining classic texts through a feminist lens, and explains why she feels she has always been meant to adapt Homer’s epic.

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Behind the Scenes
JAN 12, 2021

Writer and performer Kate Hamill shares a scene from her new play, discusses reexamining classic texts through a feminist lens, and explains why she feels she has always been meant to adapt Homer’s epic.

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Credits

Creative Team

By

Kate Hamill

Directed by

Shana Cooper

Movement Director

Stephanie Martinez

Puppetry Director and Designer

Kate Brehm

Scenic Design

Sibyl Wickersheimer

Costume Design

An-Lin Dauber

Lighting and Projection Design

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

Sound Design and Music Composition

Paul James Prendergast

Casting Director

The Telsey Office/Karyn Casl, CSA

Fight Director

Ted Hewlett

Intimacy Coordinator

Kayleigh Kane

Production Stage Manager

Erin Albrecht

Cast

Carlo Albán Headshot

Telemachus/​Nausithous

Carlo Albán

Carlo Albán Headshot

Telemachus/​Nausithous

Carlo Albán

Abigail Baird Headshot

Puppeteer

Abigail Baird

Abigail Baird Headshot

Puppeteer

Abigail Baird

Benjamin Bonenfant Headshot

Elpenor/​Suitor

Benjamin Bonenfant

Benjamin Bonenfant Headshot

Elpenor/​Suitor

Benjamin Bonenfant

Wayne T. Carr Headshot

Odysseus

Wayne T. Carr

Wayne T. Carr Headshot

Odysseus

Wayne T. Carr

Alejandra Escalante Headshot

Woman 1/​​Nausicaa

Alejandra Escalante

Alejandra Escalante Headshot

Woman 1/​​Nausicaa

Alejandra Escalante

Kristian Espiritu Headshot

Understudy

Kristian Espiritu

Kristian Espiritu Headshot

Understudy

Kristian Espiritu

Kate Hamill Headshot

Woman 2/​​Circe

Kate Hamill

Kate Hamill Headshot

Woman 2/​​Circe

Kate Hamill

Nike Imoru Headshot

Woman 3/​Anticlea/​Andromache

Nike Imoru

Nike Imoru Headshot

Woman 3/​Anticlea/​Andromache

Nike Imoru

Alexandria King Headshot

Understudy

Alexandria King

Alexandria King Headshot

Understudy

Alexandria King

Keshav Moodliar Headshot

Amphinomous/​​Antinous

Keshav Moodliar

Keshav Moodliar Headshot

Amphinomous/​​Antinous

Keshav Moodliar

Andrus Nichols

Penelope

Andrus Nichols

Andrus Nichols

Penelope

Andrus Nichols

Jason O'Connell Headshot

Polites/​Polyphemus/​Suitor

Jason O’Connell

Jason O'Connell Headshot

Polites/​Polyphemus/​Suitor

Jason O’Connell

Chris Thorn Headshot

Eurylochus/​Agamemnon/​Suitor

Chris Thorn

Chris Thorn Headshot

Eurylochus/​Agamemnon/​Suitor

Chris Thorn

Emma Nafz is the Assistant Stage Manager. Molly Bercutt and Ross Gray are the Production Assistants. Taylor Yocum is the Associate Movement Director, Kyle J. Artone is the Associate Costume Designer, Jessica Elliot is the Associate Lighting Designer, and Matt Tennie is the Associate Projection Designer.