Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. and llinois State University School of Theatre Open ELECTRA Tonight, 7/6

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. in association with Illinois State University School of Theatre present a new adaptation of Electra by Euripides. Adapted and directed by Sonja Moser and performed by an ensemble of 17 Illinois State University undergrads. Electra opens tonight, July 6^th and runs thru July 29^th, 2012. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8 PM plus Saturday & Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets are $20. (Parking is available at the Mobil gas station across from the theater for a fee.)

 

For more information on the company and to purchase tickets, visit www.maryarrchie.com

 

Electra and her brother Orestes seek to avenge the death of their father at the hands of their mother and her lover. Set in John Deere country, this inventive meta-theatrical adaptation of the famous Euripides tragedy is filled with live rock music, humor, teen angst, and sweet, sweet muddy revenge. Don’t be afraid to get dirty.

 

Director Sonja Moser after studying with the renowned teacher of physical theater, Jacques LeCoq. She received her formal training as a director under the tutelage of Anne Bogart at Columbia University . While very much rooted in the physical, text serves as her primary source of inspiration, and she has enjoyed collaborating on the production of new plays with David Adjmi (Strange Attractors), Maria-Irene Fornes (Enter the Night), Ruth Margraff (All Those Violent Sweaters), Ellen McLaughlin (Helen) and Sarah Ruhl (Late, a Cowboy Song). She has created her own original stage adaptations of works by Gogol (The Overcoat), Flannery O’Connor (Good Country People) and Sinclair Lewis (Babbitt). She has directed Off-Broadway at The Signature Theater and for The Public Theater’s New Works Now series and at additional New York venues such as HERE, P.S. 122, Location One, The Flea, The Ohio Theater, and Columbia University . While in New York , she was nominated by The Public Theater for the Princess Grace award in directing. Regional credits include: HBO Workspace ( Los Angeles ), The University of Iowa ( Iowa City ), and The Neo-Futurarium (Chicago). Before returning to the Midwest to join the faculty at ISU’s School of Theater , Sonja made her home on a small island off the coast of Maine , where she founded the Islesford Theater Project (www.islesfordtheaterproject.org) and taught acting and directing in the department of theater and dance at Bowdoin College .