Homer's "The Odyssey" - by Kate Hamill - American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, MA.)
American Repertory Theater
Presents Homer's
"THE ODYSSEY"
By Kate Hamill
Adapted from the epic poem by Homer
Directed by Shana Cooper
Cast Includes: Carlo Albán* as “Telemachus/Nausithous/Hector,” Benjamin Bonenfant* as “Elpenor/Achilles/Suitor, Understudy for Amphinomus,” Wayne T. Carr* as “Odysseus,” Alejandra Escalante* as “Woman 1/Nausicaa,” Kate Hamill* as “Woman 2/Circe,” Nike Imoru* as “Woman 3/Madame/Melantho/Anticlea/Andromache,” Keshav Moodliar* as “Amphinomus/Antinous,” Andrus Nichols* as “Penelope,” Jason O'Connell* as “Polites/Polyphemus/Ajax/Suitor,” Chris Thorn* as “Eurylochus/Agamemnon/Suitor,” Ben Cherry* as “Understudy for Odysseus, Polites,” Kristian Espiritu* as “Understudy for Penelope, Woman 3,” Alexandria King* as “Understudy for Woman 1, Woman 2, Puppeteer,” Rodney Witherspoon II* as “Understudy for Elpenor, Telemachus, Eurylochus,” with Abigail Baird as Puppeteer.
Additional Creative Team:
Scenic Design - Sibyl Wickersheimer; Costume Design - An-Lin Dauber; Lighting Design and Projection Design - Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew; Sound Design and Music Composition - Paul James Pendergast; Hair, Wig & Make-up Design - Rachel Padula-Shufelt; Puppetry Director and Designer - Kate Brehm; Movement Director - Stephanie Martinez; Casting Director - The Telsey Office/Karyn Casl, CSA; Fight Director - Ted Hewlett; Intimacy Coordinator - Kayleigh Kane; Associate Movement Director - Taylor Yocum; Production Stage Manager - Terence Orleans Alexander*; Dance and Fight Captain - Benjamin Bonenfant; Assistant Fight Captain - Keshav Moodliar.
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
Performances:
February 9, 2025 through March 16, 2025
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The American Repertory Theater at Harvard University (A.R.T.) Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. 02138
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ABOUT THE SHOW
AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATRE (A.R.T.) at Harvard University will present Homer's "THE ODYSSEY" as adapted by acclaimed writer Kate Hamill ("Sense & Sensibility," "Vanity Fair," "Dracula") who turns a contemporary lens on the story.
In this new play, Hamill reimagines the stories of both Odysseus and his wife, Penelope, and asks how we can learn to embrace healing and forgiveness in order to end cycles of violence and revenge.
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