Lake Forest College "All of Orestes"

"All of Orestes" opens February 21st at Lake Forest College.

Directed and created by Sean Graney, Artistic Director of The Hypocrites, Chicago, IL

Come experience a Greek tragedy with laughs!

All of Orestes is a three-act look at Orestes and his descent into matricidal madness. A modern adaptation of nearly all the Greek tragedies that feature Orestes (Aeschylus’ Oresteia, Sophocles’ Elektra, and Euripides’ Elektra,Orestes, Andromache and Iphigenia in Tauris). Orestes returns to Argos ten years after his mother kills his father to enact murderous revenge with the help of his sister Elektra. Hunted by the Furies, he finally abandons his flight and stands trial under a new system of justice.

This is a contemporary work of theater that updates Ancient Greece to a Cold War Soviet look. Recasting the plays' language into a contemporary voice, Graney has found dark humor in the story of the blood revenge that curses Orestes until the gods enact a new democratic system of justice that finally stops the ongoing cycle of retribution. Immerse yourself in Graney's promenade style of theater

Cast members:

Stepen Bromfield: Orestes

Maya Beckles:
Calchas + Cassandra + Andromache

Madison Gordon: Achilles + Neoptolemus

Sam Kaser: Clytemnestra + Clytemnestra's Murderer

Selmir Klicic: Agamemnon + Sisyphus Stoneroller

Kiersten Kolstad: Elektra + Helen

Ayden Lopez: Menelaus + Aegisthus

Jenna Mary Madeley: Iphigenia + Hermione

Nick Banks: Pylades

Director: Sean Graney, Artistic Director of The Hypocrites, Chicago, IL

February 21 - March 2, 2013
(Two weekends: Thursday and Friday @ 7:30 p.m.; Saturday @ 7:30 and 11:30 p.m.)

Hixon Hall, South Campus, Lake Forest College

Email theater@mx.lakeforest.edu to reserve your tickets. Tickets are $3 for students and seniors. $7 for adults. Cash payment at the door.

Come support your local college!

Also coming in April, Once On This Island, a musical produced by the Lake Forest College Theater department and the Garrick Players.