Margaret Atwood's "The Penelopiad"
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THE PENELOPIAD
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Libby Bakke
You know the myth. You don’t know her story.
For twenty years, Penelope waits. While Odysseus becomes immortalized through tales of monsters, gods, and impossible journeys, she wages a quieter battle against time, expectation, and the relentless suitors threatening everything she has left.
But when the hero finally returns, the true tragedy belongs not to kings, but to twelve forgotten maids whose voices history refused to hear.
Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad is a haunting, witty, and fiercely contemporary retelling of The Odyssey. Blending Greek mythology, music, dark comedy, murder mystery, and feminist revenge, this rarely produced work invites audiences to question every story they have ever been told.
No knowledge of The Odyssey is required!
CAST
Emilie Mardock as Penelope
Alanna McNaughton as Odysseus
Lupe Alvarez as Melantho/Maid 1
Becca Cooley as Telemachus/Maid
Dylan Flynn as Eurycleia/Maid
Jaida Marinas as Naiad Mother/Maid
Carson Costa as Antinous/Suitor 1/Maid
Andreli Icard as Oracle/Maid 3/Maid
Molly Olsen as Icarius/Suitor 2/Maid
Ilyana Nightengale as Helen/Maid
Siyennah Igmen as Anticlea/Maid 4
Moira Laughlin as Laertes/Suitor 3/Maid
Charlie Chappell as Maid
Heather Belanger - Understudy
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Evening performances at 7:30 p.m.:
September 25 and 26
October 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16
Matinee performances at 2 p.m.:
September 27
October 3, 4 and 11
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
September 26: Pay-What-You-Wish
October 4: Scheduled understudy performance
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Libby Bakke
You know the myth. You don’t know her story.
For twenty years, Penelope waits. While Odysseus becomes immortalized through tales of monsters, gods, and impossible journeys, she wages a quieter battle against time, expectation, and the relentless suitors threatening everything she has left.
But when the hero finally returns, the true tragedy belongs not to kings, but to twelve forgotten maids whose voices history refused to hear.
Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad is a haunting, witty, and fiercely contemporary retelling of The Odyssey. Blending Greek mythology, music, dark comedy, murder mystery, and feminist revenge, this rarely produced work invites audiences to question every story they have ever been told.
No knowledge of The Odyssey is required!
CAST
Emilie Mardock as Penelope
Alanna McNaughton as Odysseus
Lupe Alvarez as Melantho/Maid 1
Becca Cooley as Telemachus/Maid
Dylan Flynn as Eurycleia/Maid
Jaida Marinas as Naiad Mother/Maid
Carson Costa as Antinous/Suitor 1/Maid
Andreli Icard as Oracle/Maid 3/Maid
Molly Olsen as Icarius/Suitor 2/Maid
Ilyana Nightengale as Helen/Maid
Siyennah Igmen as Anticlea/Maid 4
Moira Laughlin as Laertes/Suitor 3/Maid
Charlie Chappell as Maid
Heather Belanger - Understudy
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Evening performances at 7:30 p.m.:
September 25 and 26
October 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16
Matinee performances at 2 p.m.:
September 27
October 3, 4 and 11
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
September 26: Pay-What-You-Wish
October 4: Scheduled understudy performance
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