Trojan Girls & The Outhouse of Atreus (2022)
Produced by
Factory Theatre and Neworld Theatre and Outside the March Theatre Company
Playwright: Gillian Clark
Director: Mitchell Cushman
Venue
Factory Theatre – Courtyard
Factory Mainspace Theatre
Run
August 3rd, 2022 – August 28th, 2022
Synopsis
The fated collision of Greek mythology and GREASE mythology, unfolding in two locations at the same time. Welcome to New Troy, Canada, August 2009. The night of the annual Duck n’ Swing dance. Odysseus hatches a death-defying Prom-posal, Nestra and King Memnon rendezvous in the Outhouse for some old Summer Lovin’, and Cassandra feasts on raw hot dogs while sooth-sayin’ the world’s destruction.
An epic exploration of inheritance in the age of Climate Emergency, with two plays performed simultaneously by the same ensemble. Half the audience gathers outdoors around the campfire, and half cuts a rug in the dance hall, while the actors race back-and-forth—inhabiting both the teenagers of New Troy and their middle-aged parents. At intermission audiences switch spaces to experience the other side of the story, as the stakes of the 50/50 raffle continue to climb. (factorytheatre.ca)
Cast
Katherine Cullen | Helen/Nestra |
Liz Der | Hecuba/Penthesilea & Artemis |
Sébastien Heins | Menelaus/King Memnon |
Amy Keating | Cassandra/Ned & Artemis |
Elm Reyes | Andromache/Elektra |
Cheyenne Scott | Penelope |
Merlin Simard | Thalthybius/Hermes |
Jeff Yung | Odysseus/Orestes |
Christol Bryan | Understudy for Helen/Nestra & Hecuba/Penthesilea |
Rais Clarke-Mendes | Understudy for Elektra/Andromache & Penelope |
郝邦宇Steven Hao | Bartender / Understudy for Menelaus/King Memnon & Odysseus/Orestes |
Hannah Wayne-Philips | Understudy for Cassandra/Ned & Thal/Hermes |
Creative Team
Gillian Clark | Playwright |
Mitchell Cushman | Director |
Anahita Dehbonehie | Set Designer |
Nick Blais | Costume Designer |
Jareth Li | Lighting Designer |
Heidi Chan | Sound Designer |
Michael Laird | Audio System Designer |
Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho) | Dramaturge |
Makram Ayache | Associate Director |
Frances Koncan | Associate Director (Development) |
Niloufar Ziaee | Assistant Set Designer |
Cindy Dzib | Assistant Costume Designer |
Louisa Zhu | Fight Director |
Anita Nittoly | Intimacy Director |
Production
Meghan Speakman | Stage Manager |
Daniel Oulton | Stage Manager |
Alysse Szatkowski | Assistant Stage Manager |
Scotia Cox | Apprentice Stage Manager |
Courtney Pyke | Director of Production |
Giuseppe Condello | Pre-Production Manager |
Bryan Steele | Technical Director |
Kathleen Black | Head of Wardrobe |
Christine Berg | Voice Coach |
Catherine Tammaro | Elemental Consultant |
Jade Wilson | Wardrobe Attendant |
Kalina Popova | Wardrobe Running Crew |
Curtis Whittaker | Head Carpenter |
Mitchell Ayres | Assistant Head Carpenter |
Susanna Feng | Head Painter |
Lili Gardner-Elmer | Production Assistant |
Lili Gardner-Elmer | Archivist |
Makiah Bautis | Technician |
Jeff Bornstein | Sound Technician |
Mathew Lisk | A2 |
Max Tilander | Lighting Operator |
Mark Aikman | Producer |
Katherine Devlin Rosenfeld | Producer |
Laura McCallum | Associate Producer |
Kinsey Powell Fleming | Associate Producer |
Cara Eastcott | Accessibility Coordinator |
Devon Healey | Accessibility Consultant |
Adam Cohoon | Accessibility Consultant |
Thurga Kanagasekarampillai | Accessibility Consultant |