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Artistic Director’s Welcome

Welcome to The Odyssey!

Kate Hamill’s powerful contemporary adaptation of The Odyssey invites audiences to experience Homer’s epic not as just an ancient myth, but as a living, breathing story. By reimagining the stories of Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, Hamill asks us to reflect on the cycles of violence, revenge, and the trauma of war, and more importantly, to consider how we can learn to embrace healing and forgiveness in order to end those cycles. A writer who has reinterpreted many classic works through a feminist lens, Kate breathes new life into the epic by expanding the character of Penelope and imagining her life during Odysseus’s twenty-year absence. Her adaptation explores not only the experiences of the people who go off to fight in war, but also the experiences of family members who remain at home.

The A.R.T.’s relationship with Kate extends over many years, beginning with Bedlam’s production of her adaptation of Sense & Sensibility that we produced in December 2017. That same season, we commissioned Kate to write a new play inspired by The Odyssey. Since then, we have been working closely with Kate and Director Shana Cooper on its development, including a two-week workshop at Farkas Hall in October 2023 that was supported by The Bob and Alison Murchison New Work Development Fund. This workshop’s culminating reading gave audiences their first glimpse of the work. We are so thrilled for you to experience this world-premiere production finally brought to life through the vision of a brilliant team of artists.

In collaboration with our creative and Engagement teams, we develop an Essential Question for every production that we stage, which we share with our audiences, our students, our staff and our community. For this work, we invite you to consider this question: If you’ve gone through something traumatic, can you ever go back to who you were? Can you ever go back home?

Thank you for coming to the A.R.T. and joining us for this production. We hope you leave with a renewed sense of how the past—and the stories we tell about it—continue to shape our present and our future.

Diane Paulus
Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director

American Repertory Theater

Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director:
Diane Paulus

Executive Director:
Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.

presents

THE ODYSSEY

Creative Team

Kate Hamill

(she/her) A.R.T.: Sense & Sensibility. Off-Broadway: Pride and Prejudice, Primary Stages (Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominee); Dracula…, Classic Stage; Sense & Sensibility, Bedlam (Off-Broadway Alliance Award; Drama League Award nominee); Vanity Fair, The Pearl (Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominee); Little Women, The Light and The Dark (the life and times of Artemisia Gentileschi), Primary Stages. Select Regional: Emma, Guthrie; Ms. Holmes & Ms.Watson – Apt. 2B, KC Rep, Old Globe; The Little Fellow, Cygnet; Cyrano, Amphibian (DFW Critics’ Award Best Actress); The Scarlet Letter, Two River. Awards: WSJ Playwright of the Year 2017, Einhorn Award 2023. Kate has been one of the most-produced playwrights in America from 2017 to 2023; she is the most-produced playwright in the country this season. In development: Murder Play (or, The Aristocrats!).

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Based on the epic poem by

Homer

Directed by

Shana Cooper

Directed by

Shana Cooper

(she/her) Shana Cooper’s directing credits include classics and new work across the country from New York (Julius Caesar at TFANA; the world premiere of Barbara Hammond’s Terra Firma Off-Broadway with The Coop) to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, most recently directing Paula Vogel’s Indecent. Other directing credits include regional productions at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Old Globe, American Conservatory Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Court Theatre in Chicago, Studio Theatre, Seattle Rep, California Shakespeare Theater, and Playmakers Repertory Company. Ms. Cooper is an assistant professor in Northwestern University’s Directing MFA program where she serves as a faculty lead for The Rehearsal Dinner, NU’s Anti-Racism + DEI Initiative; a company member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington D.C.; and has served as Associate Artistic Director of Cal Shakes (2000 to 2004) and Co-Founder of New Theater House (2008 to present). She received a 2014 Leadership U grant, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group; a 2010 Princess Grace Award; a Julian Milton Kaufman Memorial Prize from Yale School of Drama; and a Drama League Directing Fellowship. Ms. Cooper received her MFA from Yale School of Drama. Upcoming projects include By the Queen by Whitney White at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

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Scenic Design

Sibyl Wickersheimer

Scenic Design

Sibyl Wickersheimer

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: The Lonely Few, MCC; Mindplay, Greenwich House; Julius Caesar, TFANA. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Rep, Steppenwolf Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Berkeley Repertory, A.C.T., Center Theatre Group, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, New World Center. Exhibitions: Sacrifice Zone, LA and the Dinosaur Encounters stage at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Scene Shift: The Exhibit, Fisher Museum of Art. Sibyl co-authored the book Scene Shift: U.S. Set Designers in Conversation. Her interests span design for live performance, installations, and exhibitions.

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Costume Design

An-Lin Dauber

Costume Design

An-Lin Dauber

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Paul Swan is Dead and Gone, What You Are Now, The Civilians; H*tler’s Tasters, New Light Theater. Regional: By The Queen, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; Metamorphoses, Primary Trust, Seattle Rep; All My Sons, Hartford Stage; A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Show, Alliance Theatre. Education: M.F.A., Yale School of Drama.

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Lighting Design and Projection Design

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

Lighting Design and Projection Design

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew

A.R.T.: WILD: A Musical Becoming, Macbeth In Stride, Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, ExtraOrdinary. Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Thanksgiving Play, Left on Tenth, Macbeth. Off-Broadway: The Blood Quilt, The Connector (Lortel and Drama Desk nominations), Relevance (Lortel nomination), MCC; cullud wattah (Drama Desk nomination); Golden Shield, The Nosebleed, Gloria: A Life. Regional: The Lehman Trilogy, King Lear, BLKS, Choir Boy. Other: David Byrne’s Theater of the Mind, Emursive’s Life and Trust, Oratorio for Living Things.

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Sound Design and Music Composition

Paul James Prendergast

Sound Design and Music Composition

Paul James Prendergast

A.R.T.: Becoming a Man, All the Way. Broadway: All The Way, The Great Society. Off-Broadway: Manahatta, Julius Caesar. Selected Regional: Guthrie, Taper, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, Long Wharf, McCarter, Geffen, Hartford Stage, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Alley, Oregon Shakespeare. Extensive theme park and museum credits. Awards: Grammy and Drama Desk nominations; BroadwayWorld, Ovation, Drama-Logue, Garland, Gregory, Footlight, and Gypsy Rose Lee awards. Paul’s work as a singer/songwriter has appeared in films, on recordings, and in music venues nationwide.

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Hair, Wig, & Make-up Design

Rachel Padula-Shufelt

Hair, Wig, & Make-up Design

Rachel Padula-Shufelt

A.R.T.: Moby-Dick; The Black Clown; Charlotte’s Web (Costume Design); Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women; Fingersmith; In the Body of the World; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Waitress; Crossing; The Heart of Robin Hood; All the Way; The Glass Menagerie; Pippin; Marie Antoinette; The Blue Flower; Cabaret; Death and the Powers; Best of Both Worlds; Sleep No More; Donnie Darko; Julius Caesar; Copenhagen; The Communist Dracula Pageant. Broadway: Waitress, The Glass Menagerie. Regional: The Colored Museum, Huntington Theatre Company.

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Puppetry Director and Designer

Kate Brehm

Puppetry Director and Designer

Kate Brehm

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. National Tour: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Beauty and the Beast. Puppet Directing: Book of Mountains and Seas, Royal Danish Theatre; Library Lion, Adam Theater, Boston Public Library; The Poacher, Harvard TDM; The Eye Which We Do Not Have, HERE Arts Center; Hansel & Gretel, Michigan Opera Theatre; Dorothy and the Prince of Oz, Tulsa Ballet, BalletMet; Paper Hat Game, 3LD; Sister Follies, Abron Arts Center. Awards: Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant & O’Neill Puppetry Residency, Harvard TDM Artist Residency, among others. Education: MA, Performance Studies, NYU; BA, Dramatic Arts, Macalester College; Margolis Method Center.

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Movement Director

Stephanie Martinez

Movement Director

Stephanie Martinez

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Choreography: All’s Well That Ends Well, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Carmen, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Hispánico, BalletX, Kansas City Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Bruce Wood Dance, American Repertory Ballet, South Chicago Dance Theatre. Founder and Artistic Director, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre. Grants: National Endowment for the Arts; 3Arts; Chicago DCASE; The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; New England Foundation for the Arts; The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts.

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Casting Director

The Telsey Office/Karyn Casl, CSA

Casting Director

The Telsey Office/Karyn Casl, CSA

With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy.

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Fight Director

Ted Hewlett

Fight Director

Ted Hewlett

A.R.T.: Becoming a Man, Life of Pi, Charlotte’s Web, The Pirate Princess. Broadway: Shōgun. Off-Broadway: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, New World Stages. New York: Pan Asian Rep, Mettawee River, Lincoln Center Institute. Regional: Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Kennedy Center, Berkshire Theatre Festival. Other: Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, New York City Opera. Film/TV: Hook, Army of Darkness, “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.” Education: MFA, Brandeis University. Faculty: Emerson College; Shakespeare & Company.

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Intimacy Coordinator

Kayleigh Kane

Intimacy Coordinator

Kayleigh Kane

(she/her) A.R.T.: Becoming a Man. Regional: The Band’s Visit, Huntington Theatre Company; Summer Stock, Goodspeed Musicals; Angels in America, Pt. 2: Perestroika, Central Square Theatre/BEDLAM; Network, RENT, Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy, Umbrella Stage Company. Educational: Imogen Says Nothing, POTUS, Emerson College; Cells, Harvard University; Interrobangers!, Tufts University. Film/TV: Sorry, Baby (2025); Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (2024); Absolution (2024). Education/Training: Certification in Intimacy Direction for Theatre and Live Performance, Intimacy Directors & Coordinators, Inc.

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Associate Movement Director

Taylor Yocum

Associate Movement Director

Taylor Yocum

A.R.T.: Debut. Company Member, Co-Rehearsal Assistant, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre. Performances with South Chicago Dance Theatre, Zikr Dance Ensemble, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Carmen (Manuelita), Lyric Opera of Chicago. Choreographic assistant to Stephanie Martinez. Choreographed for Thodos Dance Chicago and DanceWorks Chicago New Dances 2022, COMMON conversatory, Trifecta Dance. Education: SUNY Purchase College; BFA, Dance, Beijing Dance Academy.

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Production Stage Manager

Terence Orleans Alexander

Production Stage Manager

Terence Orleans Alexander

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Mary Poppins, Wicked, Newsies. Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Washington National Opera, Triad Stage, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Repertory Theatre. Education: MFA, Stage Management, Professional Theatre Training Program, University of Delaware.

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First performance at the Loeb Drama Center on February 9, 2025.

Production support of The Odyssey is provided by Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP and Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett.

Additional support is provided by The Robert Brustein Endowment Fund for New Works.

Support for the development of The Odyssey was provided by The Bob and Alison Murchison New Work Development Fund.

Media Support of The Odyssey is provided by WBUR.

A.R.T. Season support is provided by Harvard University, The Barr Foundation, The Bob and Alison Murchison New Work Development Fund, The Shubert Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Barton & Guestier, and Meyer Sound.

The A.R.T. 2024/25 Season is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Runtime: Three hours, including two fifteen-minute intermissions.

This production contains sex, violence (including death of children and animals), and references to sexual assault, as well as fog, haze, strobe, and flashing lights.

Company & Staff

Cast (in Alphabetical Order)

Telemachus/Nausithous/Hector

Carlo Albán

Telemachus/Nausithous/Hector

Carlo Albán

(he/him) A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Sweat (Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut). Off-Broadway: The Light and the Dark, Primary Stages; Romeo y Julieta, References to Salvador Dalí…, Public Theater; Tamburlaine, TFANA; A Small, Melodramatic Story, Intríngulis, LAByrinth. Regional: The Light and the Dark, Chautauqua; Fandango, La Jolla; Whitelisted, CATF; The River Bride, Much Ado About Nothing, Timon of Athens, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Parallelogram, Lydia, CTG; The Night of the Iguana, Guthrie. London: Rare Earth Mettle, Royal Court. Film/TV: Mile 22, Hurricane Streets, 21 Grams, Whip It, Margaret, “Sesame Street,” Thicker Than Blood, “Prison Break,” “Black Bird.” Member of LAByrinth Theater Company.

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Elpenor/Achilles/Suitor

Benjamin Bonenfant

Elpenor/Achilles/Suitor

Benjamin Bonenfant

(he/him) A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Patriots. Off-Broadway: Julius Caesar, TFANA. Regional: Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Alabama Shakespeare; Henry IV & V, Orlando Shakes; Romeo and Juliet, Great Lakes Theater; The Heart of Robin Hood, Hudson Valley Shakespeare; Red, Curious Theatre; The Seagull, The Bacchae, TheatreWorks (Colorado Springs); Oregon Shakespeare; Colorado Shakespeare. TV/Film: “Law & Order,” “The Good Fight,” “Bull,” Strapped. Education: BA, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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Odysseus

Wayne T. Carr

Odysseus

Wayne T. Carr

(he/him) A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Richard II, Pearl Theatre; Funk It Up About Nothin’, Joe’s Pub. Regional: A Good Guy, Rogue Machine; Macbeth, Othello, Utah Shakespeare Festival; Seven Guitars, Yale Rep; Pericles, Guthrie/Folger/Oregon Shakespeare Festival; All The Way, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; The Great Society, Seattle Rep; Eurydice, Milwaukee Rep; The Bomb-itty of Errors, Hudson Valley Shakespeare; Topdog/Underdog, Renaissance Theaterworks; The Tempest, Shakespeare Center Los Angeles. Film/TV: The Tragedy of Macbeth, “Chicago Med,” “S.W.A.T.,” “Stuck in the Middle.”

Actors’ Equity Association member

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Woman 1/Nausicaa

Alejandra Escalante

Woman 1/Nausicaa

Alejandra Escalante

(she/her) A.R.T.: Othello. Off-Broadway: Dying City, Second Stage. Regional: Simona’s Search, Hartford Stage; The Cherry Orchard, 2666, Upstairs Concierge, Measure for Measure, Song for the Disappeared, Goodman Theatre; Henry V, All’s Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Chicago Shakespeare Theater; The Taming of the Shrew, American Players Theatre; Sense and Sensibility, Guthrie Theater; The Excavation of Mary Anning, Another Word for Beauty, Fingersmith, New York Stage and Film; Darwin in Malibu, Washington Stage Guild. In six seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Measure for Measure, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Tenth Muse, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Wrinkle in Time, The Tempest, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Othello, Love’s Labor’s Lost. Education: BFA, Boston University.

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Woman 2/Circe

Kate Hamill

Woman 2/Circe

Kate Hamill

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Woman 3/Madame/Melantho/Anticlea/Andromache

Nike Imoru

Woman 3/Madame/Melantho/Anticlea/Andromache

Nike Imoru

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Metamorphoses (Ensemble), Seattle Rep; Hamlet (Hamlet), Seattle Shakespeare Company; Coriolanus (Coriolanus; Best Actress, Seattle Times Footlights Award), 12th Ave Arts; Bring Down the House (Warwick; Best Supporting Actress, Seattle Times Footlights Award, Gregory Award), Titus Andronicus (Aaron the Moor; Outstanding Actress, Gypsy Rose Lee Award, Seattle Times Footlights Award) Upstart Crow Collective; The Breach (Water/Poet), Seattle Repertory Theatre. Award/Fellowship: Lunt-Fontanne/Ten Chimneys Fellow. Film: Home of the Brave (Dr. Jaric), River Murders (Sarah Parker), All Those Small Things (Producer), Camilla Dickinson (Carter). International: Medea (Solo), Delphi, Greece. Education: PhD, Theatre History Race and Gender, University of Warwick, UK.

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Amphinomus/Antinous

Keshav Moodliar

Amphinomus/Antinous

Keshav Moodliar

(he/him) A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Queen, Long Wharf/NAATCO; Arms and the Man, Gingold Theatrical Group; Measure for Measure, The Acting Company. Regional: Henry 6, The Old Globe; The Scarlet Letter, Two River Theater; Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Theatre New Jersey. Film/TV: “Extrapolations,” Apple TV+; “Sink Sank Sunk;” In Defense of Civil Society; “Untitled Paul Simms Pilot,” FX. Education: MFA, Juilliard.

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Penelope

Andrus Nichols

Penelope

Andrus Nichols

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Terra Firma, The Coop; The Saintliness of Margery Kempe, The Duke; Sense & Sensibility, Hamlet, Saint Joan (Lucille Lortel nomination), The Seagull, What You Will, Twelfth Night, Bedlam. Regional: A Lesson from Aloes, Hartford Stage; A View From The Bridge, Kennedy Center/Ahmanson, The Goodman (Jeff Award nomination); Hamlet, Saint Joan (Helen Hayes nomination, Elliot Norton and IRNE Awards), McCarter, Olney, Central Square. TV/Film: “Rise,” “The Blacklist,” “The Equalizer,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Wu-Tang: An American Saga,” “A Murder at the End of the World,” “The Savant,” South Mountain, Notice to Quit.

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Polites/Polyphemus/Ajax/Suitor

Jason O’Connell

Polites/Polyphemus/Ajax/Suitor

Jason O’Connell

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Darcy), Primary Stages; Happy Birthday, Wanda June (Harold Ryan), Wheelhouse/Duke on 42nd St.; Judgment Day (The Salesman), Park Avenue Armory; The Light and The Dark (Cosimo), Primary Stages; Becomes A Woman (Max), The Mint/City Center; Sense & Sensibility (Edward Ferrars/Robert Ferrars), Bedlam/Gym at Judson; The Seagull (Trigorin), Bedlam/Sheen Center; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom, Puck), The Pearl; and Jason’s own solo show The Dork Knight, Joe’s Pub, Primary Stages, and Abingdon Theatre Company (among others). Regional: Old Globe, Syracuse Stage, Two River Theater, Hartford Stage, Cape Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, Chautauqua Theater Company, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Florida Studio Theatre, and others. TV: “Search Party,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent.”

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Eurylochus/Agamemnon/Suitor

Chris Thorn

Eurylochus/Agamemnon/Suitor

Chris Thorn

(he/him) A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Death of a Salesman, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Roundabout. Off-Broadway: I Ought To Be In Pictures, TBTB; Greater Clements, Lincoln Center; Pride and Prejudice, Primary Stages; Twelfth Night, Pig Iron; Miss Lily Gets Boned, Studio 42; King John, NY Shakespeare Exchange; The Bird and the Two-Ton Weight, EST; The Most Damaging Wound, The Production Co. (NYIT Award nomination). Regional: Chautauqua, Opera House Arts, The Acting Company, Merrimack Rep, Guthrie, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, CATF, Barrington Stage, Delaware Theatre Company, The Fulton Theatre Company, TheaterWorks Hartford, Boston Playwright’s. TV: “Madam Secretary,” “Evil,” CBS; “The Good Fight,” CBS All Access; “The Girls on the Bus,” HBO Max. Education: BFA, Boston University; MFA, University of Idaho. He is a native of South Berwick, ME.

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Puppeteer

Abigail Baird

Puppeteer

Abigail Baird

(she/her) A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: Library Lion (Heart of the Lion), Boston Public Library, Calderwood Pavilion; Nothing Really Matters (Lead), Harriet Jorgensen Theatre; Metamorphoses (Midas’s Daughter, Hunger, Pomona, Aerial Acrobatics Movement Director, and Performer), She Kills Monsters (Puppeteer), Nafe Katter Theater; Salvage (Toilet Girl, Hand-to-Hand & Aerial Acrobatics, Clown), Kinetic Arts Center. Education/Training: MFA, University of Connecticut; Certificate, Circomedia.

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Understudies

Amphinomus

Benjamin Bonenfant

Amphinomus

Benjamin Bonenfant

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Odysseus, Polites

Ben Cherry

Odysseus, Polites

Ben Cherry

A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Indecent, Fiddler on the Roof. National Tour: Mary Poppins. Select Regional: Rutka, Mothers and Sons, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Angels in America, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Oslo, Lifespan of a Fact, What the Constitution Means to Me, Pioneer Theatre Company; Indecent, Guthrie Theater; Indecent, Arena Stage/Baltimore Center Stage/Kansas City Rep; Indecent, Center Theatre Group. Television: “The Equalizer,” “The Following,” “Smash.” Training: North Carolina School of the Arts.

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Penelope, Woman 3

Kristian Espiritu

Penelope, Woman 3

Kristian Espiritu

(they/she) A.R.T.: Romeo and Juliet. Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love (Ensemble/Soloist), The Public Theater. First National Tour: School of Rock (Ensemble/Patty u/s, Sheinkopf u/s). Regional: The Heart Sellers, The Huntington Theatre; The Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty), Assassins (Ensemble/Emma Goldman), Lyric Stage Company; Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Mrs. Popper), Wheelock Family Theatre; The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge, Merrimack Repertory Theatre; Interstate, East West Players; Once On This Island (Erzulie), Pioneer Theatre Company; Little Shop of Horrors (Crystal), Music Theatre of Connecticut. TV: “Love Life,” “Ray Donovan,” “Hunters,” “Younger.”

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Woman 1, Woman 2, Puppeteer

Alexandria King

Woman 1, Woman 2, Puppeteer

Alexandria King

(she/they) A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Twelfth Night (Olivia/Viola u/s, AUDELCO nomination), A Christmas Carol in Harlem, Antigone (Antigone, AUDELCO nomination), Classical Theatre of Harlem. New York: The Girls of Summer (Charley), The Layon Gray Experience, LLC; Broken City: Wall St., PopUP Theatrics. Regional: The Bluest Eye (Freida/Darlene, Elliott Norton Award), The Huntington Theatre; Morning, Noon, and Night (Miss Candice), Shockheaded Peter (Emcee, IRNE nomination), Splendor, Company One; The Forgotten Girl, Milwaukee First Stage; Bud, Not Buddy, Wheelock Family Theatre; Pipeline (Nya, Berkshire Theatre Critics nomination), WAM Theatre/The Nora.

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Elpenor, Telemachus, Eurylochus

Rodney Witherspoon II

Elpenor, Telemachus, Eurylochus

Rodney Witherspoon II

A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Tidwell, or the Plantation Play, Samuel French OOB. Regional: Fences, The Inheritance, A Christmas Carol, Trinity Repertory Company; K-I-S-S-I-N-G, Front Porch Arts Collective/Huntington Theatre Company; Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater; Ironbound, It’s A Wonderful Life, Gamm Theatre; Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Wilbury Theatre Group. Education: MFA, Brown University/Trinity Rep; BA, University of California.

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Dance & Fight Captain

Benjamin Bonenfant

Dance & Fight Captain

Benjamin Bonenfant

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Assistant Fight Captain

Keshav Moodliar

Assistant Fight Captain

Keshav Moodliar

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Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.

Additional Staff

Assistant Stage Manager

Emma Nafz

Assistant Stage Manager

Emma Nafz

A.R.T: Romeo and Juliet, Real Women Have Curves, Evita. Off-Broadway: Sunset Baby, Signature Theatre. Regional: David Byrne’s American Utopia, Emerson Colonial Theatre; The Sound of Music, Tenor Overboard, The Jungle Book, Glimmerglass Opera Festival; Boca, Eleanor, Barrington Stage Company; Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ.

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Substitute Assistant Stage Manager

Ross Gray

Carmen Catherine Alfaro

Assistant Director

Taylor Stark

Assistant Scenic Designer

Michael Lewis

Associate Costume Designer

Kyle J Artone

Associate Costume Designer

Kyle J Artone

A.R.T.: Debut. New York: The Threepenny Opera, Richard II, The Words Will Come, The Dastardly Thornes v. The Town of Goldhaven. Regional: A Nice Indian Boy, Men on Boats, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Prom, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Something to Live For, All My Sons, Trouble in Mind. Education: David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Associate Lighting Designer

Jessica Elliott

Associate Lighting Designer

Jessica Elliott

A.R.T.: WILD: A Musical Becoming, Macbeth In Stride, Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, ExtraOrdinary. Pre-Broadway: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Emerson Colonial. Regional: Romeo & Juliet, Madama Butterfly, Boston Lyric Opera; Top Girls, Huntington Theatre Company. International: Cri des Nago, L’Artchipel Guadeloupe. Other: Nutcracker Rouge, Queen of Hearts, Company XIV; Invasion!, Ancram Center for the Arts.

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Associate Projection Designer

Matthew Tennie

Associate Projection Designer

Matthew Tennie

A.R.T.: Debut. New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, National Symphony Orchestra, Blue Man Group, The Public, Laurie Anderson, HERE Arts, PS122, 3 Legged Dog, Abrons Arts, Joyce SoHo. Teaching credits: Virginia Tech, NYU, MIT, Boston University. Education: MPS, Interactive Telecommunications, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts. Awards: Obie (HERE Arts), Obie (Vampire Cowboys), Hewes Design Award nominee, NY Innovative Theatre nominee.

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Projections Engineer & Programmer

Benji Arrigo

Additional Media

Johnathan Carr

Puppet Fabrication Associate

Sarah Nolen

Puppet Fabrication

Aiman Anuar, Abigail Baird, Amanda Gibson, Amy Liou

Military/Trauma Consultant

Stephan Wolfert

Production Assistants

Molly Bercutt

Ross Gray

Kendyl Trott

Voice and Text Coach

Erika Bailey

Technical Direction Consultant

Chris Swetcky

Assistant to the Fight Director

Ethan Hewlett

Physical Therapists

Artistic Athlete Health Collective

Directing and Dramaturgy Intern

Katie Runions

Access Staff

Director of ASL

Elbert Joseph

ASL Interpreters

Alyse Jessica Clinton

Tsana Dimanin

Adrianna Neefus

Audio Description

Eddie Maisonet

Olivia Reinebach

Open Caption

c2

Sensory Inclusive

Spectrum Theatre Ensemble

A.R.T. Staff

Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director:
Diane Paulus

Executive Director:
Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.

SENIOR STAFF

Director of Facilities and Capital Projects: Peter Atkinson
Public Relations Director: Rebecca Curtiss
General Manager: Connor Davis
Managing Director: Anna Fitzloff
Executive Administrator: Kathleen Fowkes
Director of Finance: Julia Goldmacher
Senior Theater and Facilities Manager: Tracy Keene
Chief Development Officer: Eileen Kennedy
Director of Production: Krystin Matsumoto
Director of Artistic Programs & Dramaturg: Ryan McKittrick
Associate Artistic Director: Dayron J. Miles
Producer: Evan O’Brient
Chief Marketing Officer: Jennifer Weissman

STAFF

Artistic & Engagement

Artistic Coordinator & Special Assistant to the Artistic Director: Karina Cowperthwaite
Head of Voice & Speech: Erika Bailey
Associate Director, Pedagogical Programs: Marcus Stern
Associate Director, Pedagogical Programs: Julia Smeliansky
Production Manager, Pedagogical Programs: Jeremie Lozier
Assistant Production Supervisor, Pedagogical Programs: Evey Connerty-Marin
Artistic Engagement Associate: Leah Harris
Assistant to the Associate Artistic Director: Madison Baker
Learning Lab Assistant: Ariella Kasmer-Jacobs
Learning Leads: Alex Smith, Vahdat Yeganeh

Producing

Associate Producer: Emma Watt
Associate Production Manager: Taylor Brennan
Company Manager: Shannon Kelley
Assistant Company Manager: Michael Mathey

Marketing & Communications

Associate Director, Marketing and Communications: Susanna Jackson
Associate Director, Creative Services: Joel Zayac
Subscriptions and Group Sales Manager: Kirstin Beal
Web and Digital Communications Manager: David Libbey
Social Media Coordinator: Madison Wolters
Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator: Madeleine Wright
Assistant Graphic Designer: Dana Balletta
Program Coordinator: Lianna Rada-Hung

Development

Associate Director, Institutional Giving: Anna Cline
Associate Director, Stewardship & Major Gifts: Lisa Field-Coleman
Assistant Director, Institutional Events & Partnerships: Alicia Hartz
Assistant Director, Development Operations: Blair Laurie
Senior Coordinator, Advancement & Development Engagement: Julia Wolfe
Development Coordinator: Nate Sheehan

Facilities

Assistant Project Manager: Alex Giorgetti
Loeb Receptionists: Barbara Lindstrom, Maria Medeiros
Custodial Supervisor: Ana Osorioportillo
Custodial Team: Felipe Barahona, Santos Ruiz Lopez, Marvin Ventura
Facilities Maintenance Service Team: Anthony Radosta, Michael Shaw, Jeremiah Sullivan

Finance

Controller: Toufiq Aitelfqih
Accountant: Nathan Pratt
Senior Payroll Coordinator: Alessandra Panares
Financial Assistant: Tori Loubert

Patron Services

Head of Patron Services: Emma Putnam
Ticket Services Manager: Heather Conroe
Ticket Services Representatives: Rachael Cohen, Jessica Golden, Emma Hunt
Ticket Services Staff: Michelle Hong, Elliot Lazar, Alexia Rowe, Lizzie Schwarze
Front of House Manager: Matt Spano
Tessitura Database Administrator: Ana Costagliola

Production

Production Manager: Skip Curtiss

Scenic

Interim Assistant Technical Director: Brian Melcher
Term Assistant Technical Director: Emily Listner
Head Scenic Carpenter: Peter Doucette
Lead Scenic Carpenter: York-Andreas Paris
Scenic Carpenters: Bill Hawkins, Dawn Morningstar, Ray Reyes
Term Scenic Carpenters: Diego Farrell, Sam Kisthardt, Luke Van Cleve

Paint

Charge Scenic Artist: Gerard Vogt
Assistant Charge Scenic Artist: Heather Morris
Scenic Artist: India Lee

Stage Operations

Stage Operations Manager: Kevin Belcher
Assistant Stage Operations Manager/Lead Rigger: Jonathan Strong
Deck Lead: Kate Treadwell
Staff Props Runner: Christina Donovan
Staff Stage Hand & Automation Operator: Errick Jersey
Flypersons: Avery Hunt, Toni Kooharian
Props Runner: Julia Wonkka
Swing Stage Hand: Ren Squier

Costumes

Costume Manager: Muriel Mangual-Bennett
Assistant Costume Manager: Melissa Thurn
Crafts Artisan: Jeffrey Scott Burrows
Draper: Bridget Austin-Weiss
First Hand: Mcky Bashay

Wardrobe

Wardrobe Manager: Alycia Marucci
Assistant Wardrobe Manager: Brian Choinski
Wig and Wardrobe Dresser: Emily Damron
Dresser: Michelle Villada

Sound

Sound Manager: Camilo Atehortua
Assistant Sound Manager: Bryan Atterberry
Front of House Sound Engineer (A1): Abe Joyner-Meyers
Sound Technicians (A2): Kai Bohlman, Em Bonnici
Production and Event Sound Engineer (A1/A2 sub): Michael Policare

Lighting

Lighting and Projections Supervisor: Matthew Adelman
Assistant Lighting Supervisor: Joseph Lorenzen
Lighting and Projections Programmer and Operator: Sumner Ellsworth
Staff Electricians: Ryan Lemay, Callie Moos
Swing Followspot Operator/Swing Stage Hand: Hannah Jope

Properties

Properties Manager: Erin Kehr
Assistant Properties Manager: Mariya Sudarska
Properties Carpenter: Patrick Goodsell
Properties Artisan: Elektra T. Newman

Production Overhire

Scenic Carpenters: Elijah Brown, Thomas Eckenfels, Matthew Kadam, John Larson, Courtney Licata, Em McGrory, Jack Riter, Eric Schapero, Elise Tuckwood, Xavier Vogt
Painters: Paula Bird, Natasha Vogt, Xavier Vogt
Costume Coordinators: Kara McGinness, Vienna Volinsky
Crafts Assistant: Yao Kuang Lee, Elsa Ramsay, Elizabeth Rocha
First Hand: Vyannie Saldana
Stitchers: Rebecca Shannon Butler, Joice Caldeira Simao, Becca Cottrell, Aldi Heggar, Sara Matthew, Duncan Michael, Carly Wilcox
Dressers: Tyeshia Cowans, Rachel O’Brien, Marciann Shapiro, Sarah Tupper
Hair and Makeup Crew: Kiara Escalera
Wardrobe Maintenance Support: Robyn Giragosian, Kelly O’Bryan, Bethany Post
Electricians: Carmen Alfaro, Toni Carton, Molly Flanagan, Makenna Harnden, Dante Houghton, Connor O’Brien, Billie Smith, Brittany Trymbulak, Oakley Walker
Sound Technicians: Gage Baker, Sean Doyle, Redacted Maxwell, Devin McGovern, Madonna Jeselle McGuire, Eliezer Meraz, Wesley Pang, Ian Sonnabend, Irene Wang, Mary White
Properties Artisans: Katherine Fristrom, Cass Glover, Cass Gray, Dylan Reid, Ian Thorsell
Stage Hands: Emily Hanson, Rosemary Grace Hartunian Alumbaugh, Cidalia Santos, Kaitlin Smith, Preston Treadwell, Jack Riter

Special Thanks

The Mignone Center for Career Success at Harvard University

David Elmer, Naomi Weiss, and Ryan Pasco, Harvard University Department of the Classics

The students of TDM 105, Introduction to Dramaturgy: Fahim Ahmed, Ekene “EK” Chukwueke, Margaret Caris, Judy Epstein, Annabelle Gardner, Claire Liu, Lollie McKenzie, Maranatha Paul, Katie Runions, Yafan Wang, Mack Webb

Rebecca Carroll, Alice Liang, Janelle Caso, Erin Albrecht, Steve Rollert, Luke Ferrante, B. Jewett, Zoë Lawson

Erin Orr, Lake Simons and Mia Randers-Pehrson, Dr. Charmain Jackman and Innopsych, Paul Hamill

Piano and Tuning Services provided by East Cambridge.
Additional sound and projections equipment provided by Sound Associates, Inc.
Additional sound equipment provided by Meyer Sound.
Additional lighting equipment provided by Christie Lites.

Model building from Nicole Bernardini. Drafting from Jeremy Crews

The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The director and fight director of this production are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre.

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