Yale School Of Drama Presents PHEDRE At University Theatre, Runs 10/27-31
By: Gabrielle Sierra Sep. 28, 2009
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) presents PHÈDRE by Jean Racine, translated by Ted Hughes, directed by Christopher Mirto, October 27-31at University Theatre (222 York Street, New Haven).
PHÈDRE features sets by Ana Milosevic, costumes by Jennifer Salim, lights by Laura Eckelman, and sound by Michael Skinner.
The cast includes Christina Maria Acosta, Austin Durant, Joby Earle, Andrew Kelsey, Brenna Palughi, Charise K. Smith, Shannon Sullivan, and Liz Wisan.
ABOUT PHÈDRE
Love is fierce. And still we crave it.
In Phèdre, Jean Racine's 17th-century "fairy tale for fools," the gods wield love as a weapon, using it to turn the world upside down. To ravish it. Queen Phèdre, dying from an uncontrollable love for her stepson Hippolytus, savagely wages war against herself and her own fate. Politics and passions, the mind and the body contaminate each other as a cursed family struggles to navigate a labyrinth of dangerous secrets and unspoken desires. When love unleashes the monster within, is there any hope of salvation?
Yale School of Drama is creating a series of behind-the-scenes videos that follows the creative process from rehearsals to performance, and also includes interviews with the director, cast, and other members of the creative team. The videos will be available at drama.yale.edu, YouTube, and Facebook.
PERFORMANCE AND TICKET INFORMATION
PHÈDRE will be performed at University Theatre, 222 York Street in New Haven. Seating is limited. The performance schedule is:
Tuesday, October 27 8PM (Opening and Press Night)
Wednesday, October 28 8PM
Thursday, October 29 8PM
Friday, October 30 8PM
Saturday, October 31 2PM
Saturday, October 31 8PM
Tickets, starting at $10, are available online at drama.yale.edu, by phone at (203) 432-1234, and in person at the Box Office (1120 Chapel Street at York Street).
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Christopher Mirto is a third-year MFA candidate at Yale School of Drama where he adapted and directed Hamlet last season. Other School of Drama credits include Cygnus and Lone Pilots of Roosevelt Field. Musicals: His Yale Cabaret credits include the musicals Hillbilly Antigone (east coast premiere) and Three Sisters, or The Dormouse's Tale, for which he also co-wrote the book. At Yale Rep he served as assistant director on Happy Now? by Lucinda Coxon, directed by Liz Diamond. For the last two years, he also has served as a director for the Dwight/Edgewood Project (YRT/YSD). In New York City, he directed the revival of Dionysus in 69 by Richard Schechner, Tough by George F. Walker, Four Twins by Copi, and White Embers by Saviana Stanescu. Mirto produced Olsen Terror by Chris Wells at Joe's Pub, Dixon Place, and the New York International Fringe Festival. As an actor he has performed as Kabe in One Flea Spare (Columbia University) and in Richard Foreman's The Gods Are Pounding My Head aka Lumberjack Messiah and Wake Up Mr. Sleepy! Your Unconscious Mind Is Dead. He holds a BFA in acting and English literature from New York University. He is the Co-Artistic Director of Yale Cabaret's 42nd season (2009-2010).
Please visit the following websites for more information about PHÈDRE at Yale School of Drama:
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