BROWNBROKERS
presents
ATREUS DAWN
Book by Abi Basch
Music Composition and Arrangement by
Georg Bissen and Dave Peck
November 12-15, 19-21, 1998 8PM
November 22, 1998 3PM LEEDS THEATRE
CATHERINE BRYAN DILL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Directed by Sara Ciarelli
Set Design by Eric Green
Costume Design by Justin Bernstine
Lighting Design by Kate Shaw
Choreography by Jessica Gaynor
Musical Direction by Isaac Robert Hurwitz
Technical Direction by Brian Herschcopf
CAST
in order of appearance
| ORESTES
| Kristian Imai
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| IPHIGENIA
| Marisa Quintanilla
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| CHORUS
| Megan Hart
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| Jori Ketten
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| Jonathan Martin
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| Nikki Phillips
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| Anne Robinson
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| Nate Stumpff
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| M. Paco Tolson
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| Jason Yust
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| AGAMEMNON
| Alex Threadgold
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| PYTHIA
| Sarah Cocuzzo Pete
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| CLYTEMNESTRA
| Marieke Beeuwkes
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| ACHILLES
| M. Paco Tolson
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| PERSEPHONE
| Susanna Harris
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Time: Ancient Greece. The Future. Now.
Place: A land torn by famine. A world on the dawn of the new millennium.
A future of hope. Aulis. Tauris. Argos. The Underworld Intertwined.
There will be a ten-minute intermission between Acts I and II
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MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
| Overture
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| "Dreams, Lies"
| Orestes
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| "Ritual to Den Mother"
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| "Battle at Aulis"
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| "Mother's Hymn"
| Chorus, Iphigenia, Agamemnon, Pythia
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| "Dreams, Lies Again"
| Orestes
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| "The Letter Home"
| Agamemnon
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| "Queen of His World"
| Clytemnestra and Servants
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| "Underworld Ballet"
| Iphigenia and Chorus
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| "Tales from a Sleeping Goddess"
| Persephone
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| "Mother's Hymn" (reprise)
| Chorus
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ACT II
| "Dreams, Lies Yet Again"
| Orestes
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| "Mighty King"
| Orestes and Chorus
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| "The Letter Home" (reprise)
| Agamemnon
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| "Clytemnestra's Fantasy"
| Clytemnestra, Achilles,
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| Iphigenia, Chorus
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| "Tales from a Sleeping Goddess" (reprise)
| Persephone and Iphigenia
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| "The Love of a Half-God"
| Achilles
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| "The Argument"
| Clytemnestra, Agamemnon,
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| Achilles, Iphigenia, and Chorus
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| "Pythia's Passion"
| Pythia
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| "Surprise! Dreams, Lies"
| Orestes
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| "Ritual to Den Mother" (reprise)
| Company
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| "Aria"
| Iphigenia
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DIRECTOR'S NOTE
"The metamorphic 'birth' into the Level Above Human occurs as follows: In any given civilization on a fertile planet such as Earth (and Earth has had many period/cyclical civilizations), the Level Above Human plants all the new life forms (including humans) for that civilization in a neutral conditions so that they have a chance to choose the direction of their growth. The level Above Human - or Next Level - directly (hands on) relates significantly to the civilization at its beginning stage, and subsequently (with few exceptions) at approximately 2000-year intervals (28-hour intervals from a Next Level perspective) until that civilization's final 'Age'. ...If you have grown to hate your life in this world and would lose it for the sake of the Next Level, you will find true life with us - potentially forever. If you cling to this life --- will you not lose it?"
- Jwnody, student, Heaven's Gate
Technological advancement allows for absolute control over existence. How grateful do we become when a train schedule is reliable down to the minute? How often do we dismiss ecological problems as a nuisance that Scientists and technologists will eventually solve? Airlines boast that technology makes the wold smaller and smaller, and that we can travel faster and faster. What happens, then, when technology becomes so advanced that time and space disappear? And then what happens when we reach a millennium, a transition in that space-time continuum?
Technology approaches a sophistication so extreme that it may become unseen except for within ourselves. Perhaps one day we will be able to control our entire life on earth with thought.
Atreus Dawn merges the spheres of hyper-technology and Greek myth onto a stage created by Iphigenia's psyche. Her imagination embodies a civilization searching for truth, justice, and faith in a world that has been technologically comprised by the hands of Man. A world made by humans and lost in a labyrinth of time is not longer a place for humanity. The Den Mother, acting under the guise of a cult to bring back the ancient Gods, takes advantage of the absence of faith in a world starved for spiritual sustenance that the controlling forces of technology induces. Atreus Dawn is the clash between hyper-technology, faith and humanity that ultimately bows to the hand of fate.
If a world can exist within a thought, what happens when we dream?
WRITER'S NOTE
Atreus Dawn is created from the mighty influences of Euripides, Marshall Applewhite, and Herbert T. Beaver. We dedicate our electronic musical extravaganza to our families. Without your support and inspiration, we never could have recreated the House of Atreus, a family of epicly absurd proportions. Thank you.
- Abi Basch, Georg Bissen and David Peck
PRODUCTION STAFF
| assistant director
| alex aixala
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| stage manager
| amy sonnenborn
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| production manager
| lauren bass
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| assistant stage managers
| rita lindahl
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| liz loza
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| assistant production managers
| elana berkowitz
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| rita lindahl
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| master electrician
| sarah osten
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| sound engineer
| steve schwartz
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| dimmerboard operator
| jason sobel
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| electricians
| celia adelson
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| devin borland
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| jarrett byrnes
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| sam kusnetz
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| tracy schultz
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| costume shop manager
| ann s. smith
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| assistant costume designer
| kay lee
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| prop design
| rebecca white
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| hair/makeup design
| kenneth jones
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| costume shop assistants
| naomi bernstein
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| justin bernstine
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| amy hofer
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| dre ssers
| amy hofer
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| rebekka paynter
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| costume crew
| TA27, TA189
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| props
| amber dance
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| vocal coach
| isaac robert hurwitz
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| dramaturg
| jasmine syedullah
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| set crew
| TA25
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| running crew
| jarrod fischer
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| andre lepine
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| shahzia rahman
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| louie ames
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| box office/front of house/publicity
| karen longest
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| box office assistants
| joanne chapman
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| alexis prussack
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| poster design
| lucas fleisher
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| jess brakely
| publicity photographer
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Brown University Theatre Department, Bill Roche, Phillip Contic, Anne S. Smith, John Lucas, Dave Crowley, Charles Mee, Mark Cohen, Lowry Marshall, Production Workshop, Musical Forum, Targetlink Solutions, Rites and Reasons, Kara Feely, Sam Basch, xoreo, Christina White, Valerie Gree, Paul Grellong, Dan Sandler, Brown Film Society, Howard Fredrics, Todd Winkler, Barry Moon, Akemi Fujita, Daniel Rios, Jesse Chan-Norris, Sara Nolan, Professor Wyatt, Psychorobotica, and Alison Cimmet
BROWNBROKERS BOARD
Lauren Bass, Sara Ciarelli (on leave), Alison Cimmet, Eileen Connor, Thea Grant (Chair), Noam Katz, Channing Moore, Alix Sobler, Jasmine Syedullah, Rebecca White, Taylor White, Joe Zarrow. Faculty Advisor: Phillip Contic.
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