Because what's more relevant than a 2500-year-old story about leadership transition during a plague?
Oedipus Tyrannus
by Sophocles
directed by Michael Barakiva
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Cast
Paul Bernardo
A SHEPHERD
Ariel Neema Blake
CHORUS LEADER
Carla Briscoe
CREON, a Princess of Thebes, sister to Jocasta
Carol Halstead
TIRESIAS, an old blind prophet
Logan Kovach
OEDIPUS, supposed son of Polybus, King of Corinth;
now elected King of Thebes
Linda Larson
A STRANGER from Corinth
Abby Royle
A MESSENGER from the Palace
Roya Shanks
JOCASTA, Queen of Thebes;
widow of Laius, the former King; now wife of Oedipus
Gabra Zackman
PRIEST of Zeus
Production
Kirsten Loughry
STAGE MANAGER
Eugenio Vargas
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Suzanne Agins & Michael Barakiva
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Adam Grosswirth
MANAGING DIRECTOR
SPECIAL THANKS
Andrea Winter & Daniel Mintz
Aren Carpenter
Pat Harnett-Marshall
MORE ABOUT THE UPSTARTS
We are performing today on the original land of the Lenape tribal nation. The Upstart Creatures acknowledge the painful history of genocide and forced removal from this territory, and we honor and respect the many diverse Indigenous peoples still connected to this land on which we perform.
