by Sarah Kane
directed by Lisa Rothschiller
MIDWEST PREMIERE
at American Theatre Company
June 10 – July 12, 1998
“It’s punk, pulp fiction classicism, whipped into a frenzy in a tight, stylish production.”
Chicago Reader
“**** We’re appalled by this heinous clan — but, boy, I loved going to their party.”
Gay Chicago Magazine
Incest can really kill a ruling family’s public-opinion rating.
Phaedra the queen can’t keep her lips off Hippolytus the prince. After all, he’s only her stepson. He’s also a royal jerk, a tough-boy gone soft, an icon bored with his celebrity. Phaedra’s just the moth to his flame–a flame that may ignite her funeral pyre.
Young British playwright Sarah Kane melds the racy and the Racine in this radical retake on the classic Greek tale.
Cast
Hippolytus … Christopher Johnson
Phaedra … Tanera Marshall
Doctor … Christian Kohn
Strophe … Katherine Martinez Ripley
Priest … Kevin Wade
Theseus … Christopher Thometz
Man 1 … Steve Walker
Man 2 … Richard Ragsdale
Woman 1 … Cynthia Cervini
Woman 2 … Wendy Whiteside
Cop 1 … Kevin Wade
Cop 2 … Christian Kohn
Production Staff
Stage Manager … Carrie O’Dell
Assistant Director … Jim Slonina
Dramaturg … Julie Felise Dubiner
Fight Choreographer … Kevin Wade
Technical Director … Jonathan Watkins
Scenic Designer … Martin McClendon
Lighting Designer … Richy Norwood
Costume Designer … Christine Pascual
Audio Sculptor … Gregor Mortis
Prop Designer … Michelle Caplan
Creature Designer … Andrew Leman
Video Editor … Seth Skundrick
Assistant Stage Manager … Sabrina Chapadjiev
Assistant Audio Sculptor … Markus Frederick
Properties Assistant … Stacie Hirsch
Graphic Designer … Charlie Levin
Photographer … Geoffrey Fingerhut