Lysistrata

Written by Ellen McLaughlin
Freely adapted from the play by Aristophanes
Directed by Katharine Noon
Presented virtually on Nov. 11-14

This fresh, fast-paced comedy, inspired by Aristophanes’ play, follows Lysistrata, an Athenian housewife, who calls for the women of Greece to help end the Peloponnesian War. She proposes a radical plan: all Greek women must refuse to engage in love making until the men see reason, lay down their arms and come home to lay down with their wives in peace. The women agree to make the sacrifice and all hell breaks loose as men wander the country in an agony of unsatisfied lust. Will Lysistrata and her crew accomplish what the politicians could not?

Cast

Ivy Musgrove (Lysistrata), Riley Jones (Calonice), Izzy Johnson (Myrrhine), Royce Lundquist (Cinesias), Annabeth Amarasuriya (Lampito), Jake Zingg (Magistrate), Kali Victor (Ismenia/Belphragia), Zoe Miner (Dispsas/Fisherwoman/Old Woman 3), Kennedy Smith (Athenian Chorus Leader 1/Old Woman 1), Alexis Harris (Athenian Chorus Leader 2/Old Woman 2), Joshua Merwise (Geezer 1), Noah Bradley (Geezer 2/Spartan Envoy), Charlie Workmaster (Geezer 3/Spartan Delegate)

Production Team

Lolly Johansen Sheppard (MFA Assistant Director), Katie Stottlemire (Student Assistant Director), Lindsay Howard (Stage Manager), Audrey Szot (Assistant Stage Manager), Jason Sheppard (Set and Sound Designer), Karyn Lawrence (Lighting Designer), Leon Wiebers (Costume Designer), Jessica Flaum (Costume Design Assistant), Pat McMahon (Costume Shop Manager), Rob Hillig (Master Electrician/Zoom Technician), John Burton (Props Master), Andrea Odinov (Voice/Speech Coach), Dave Kellett (Caricature Design), Fred Schroeder (Visual Effects), Logan Phillip (Set Painting), Will Sims (Credit Sequence Editor), Adelaide Brannan (Poster Design)

Special Thanks to: Katharine Free, Dean Bryant Alexander, Ellen McLaughlin, Christopher Murillo, Arnab Banerji, LA 3D Printer Repair, Michael Sitnikov