AJAX IN IRAQ Cast, Creative Team, and Tickets
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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(Illustration by Kristy Caldwell- click here to read about her creative process.)
$12 tickets to Opening Weekend - use code "WARDANCE"
(discount available June 3, 4, 5 & 7) - only 50 tickets available (previous code TROJANHORSE has sold out!)
Preview - Friday, June 3
Opening - Saturday, June 4
Runs June 4-25 Thur-Sat at 8pm, Sun at 3pm
Additional performances: Tue 6/7 @7pm, Wed 6/22 @8pm
Additional performances: Tue 6/7 @7pm, Wed 6/22 @8pm
At the Flamboyan Theater at the Clemente Solo Velez Cultural & Educational Center
(107 Suffolk Street at Rivington)
Playwright: Ellen McLaughlin
Director: August Schulenburg
The creative team includes Scenic Design by Will Lowy, Costume Design by Lara de Bruijn, Lighting Design by Kia Rogers, Sound Design by Asa Wember, Dramaturgy by Heidi Nelson, Assistant Direction by David Ian Lee, and Jodi Witherell as Stage Manager
The story:
Past and present collide in Ellen McLaughlin's mash-up of Sophocles' classic play Ajax and today's war in Iraq. The play follows the parallel narratives of the ancient Greek military hero Ajax and a female American soldier, both undone by the betrayal of a commanding officer. Originally developed over sixteen months in 2009 with the graduate acting students at A.R.T. and inspired by material collected from interviews with Iraq war veterans, Ajax in Iraq explores the timeless ways soldiers struggle to make sense of war.
It won't truly have success, I believe so.