Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Arts Program Presents ORESTEIA, 4/20-4/23

Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Arts Program Presents ORESTEIA- Adapted and Directed by JONATHAN VANDENBERG After AESCHYLUS April 20-23, 2011 at The Riverside Theatre (91 Claremont Avenue Between 120th and 122nd Streets).

$15 General Admission/$5 Seniors
FREE with Columbia University ID or any other valid student ID

A new work created from the only extant trilogy of ancient Greece. King Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter, Iphigenia, to the gods on his path to war. Her death sets in motion a seemingly unbreakable chain of vengeful acts that engulf the royal family at the House of Atreus. A mythic narrative examining the savage and divine within human nature.

Jonathan Vandenberg (MFA 2011) and his ensemble of collaborators return to the origins of theatre in search of a universal theatrical form beyond dialogue. In this production, Aeschylus's text is held to the fire. A visceral theatre of body, image, and sound emerges from the ashes.

Jonathan Vandenberg (Adaptor/Director) has written and directed Kafka Parables, Distance, No Such Thing, Ontology of Theatre, and Amnesiac. He has also directed many classic and modern texts. His work has been presented by the Magic Theater, Representation Theater in Taipei, San Francisco Theater Festival, Around the World in 24 Hours Festival, Naked Masks, and New Langton Arts. Most recently he was Associate Director to RoBert Woodruff on FestenMacher for the NYU graduate acting program. He is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

Tickets for events at The Riverside Theatre can be purchased online (www.ColumbiaStages.org); by phone (212.870.6784); or by visiting the box office of The Riverside Theatre. Box Office hours are Thursday-Saturday, 4-8pm; Sunday 12-4pm and 1 hour prior to all performances.

Performance Schedule: (all performances at The Riverside Theatre, 91 Claremont Avenue between 120th and 122nd Sts.)

Wednesday, April 20th at 8pm
Thursday, April 21st at 8pm
Friday, April 22nd at 8pm
Saturday, April 23rd at 2pm & 8pm

Columbia Stages is the producing arm of the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre
Studies of Columbia University's School of the Arts. Columbia Stages presents a season
of graduate actor and director productions as well as an annual festival of new plays by
emerging playwrights. The theatre program offers MFA degrees in acting, directing,
playwriting, dramaturgy, stage management, and theatre management and producing. The
goal of the program is to provide each student with the foundation for a career in
professional theatre as well as the tools to embrace an ever-changing theatrical landscape
and shape the future of the theatre.

For more information, visit www.ColumbiaStages.org