Ulysses Missa - The Evolution Festival

Ulysses Missa is an a cappella musical adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses that subverts the structure of a Catholic Latin High Mass. Using the form of the Mass, it tells the story of Leopold Bloom as he confronts the inevitability of his wife, Molly’s, upcoming affair with Blazes Boylan. He feels hopeless until he encounters the young upstart, Stephen Dedalus who enables a true meeting of the minds. In the end, after all the ill-spoken about her, we finally hear from Molly herself about the affair. Celebrate one of the greatest works of modernist literature with sirens, prostitutes, a cyclops, the ghost of King Hamlet and his own father, and bullying barmaids. This timeless story features themes of self-sacrifice, individualism, metempsychosis, untraditional love and devotion, and the meaning of an artistic mind.

Creative Team

Sarah Norcross - Writer and Composer

Adapted from James Joyce

Emily Bubeck - Director

Cast
Ongama Mhlontlo - Leopold Bloom
Dylan T Jackson - Stephen Dedalus
Avery Pedell - Molly Bloom
Matt Greer - Blazes Boylan
Aiyana Greene - Heavenly Voice
Sarah Norcross - Gerty MacDowell

About the Evolution Festival

Ulysses Missa is presented as part of The Center at West Park's 2024 EVOLUTION FESTIVAL. The 2024 Evolution Festival showcases eighteen original works of theater, dance, music, comedy, and interdisciplinary performance by NYC-area artists from September 5-28, 2024. Learn more about the festival and the full performance line-up at centeratwestpark.org/evolution-festival-2024

Host or Publisher The Center at West Park