Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
April 1-10, 2005
Lee H. Salisbury Theatre
Directed by Anatoly Antohin
Set design by Timaree McCormick
Costumes by Tara Maginnis
Lighting design by Kade Mendelowitz
CAST
Oedipus:
Levi Ben-Israel
Jocasta:
By Valentine
Priest:
Ben Coffroth
Teiresias:
Jon-Kiefer Bowne
1st Messenger:
Gerry Berman
2nd Messenger:
Jenny Schlotfeldt
Shepherd:
Craig Brookes
Antigone:
Jacqueline Stowman
Chorus conductor:
Chip Brookes
Ensemble members:
Rachel Blackwell
Brian Smart
R.P. Staska
June Thiele
Molly Wilson
PRODUCTION CREW
Stage Manager:
Mandara Nott
Assistant Stage Manager/ Dramaturgy:
Audrey Gibson
Technical Director:
Kade Mendelowitz
Scene Shop Manager/ Master Carpenter:
Leighton Nunez
Set Construction:
Alex Antohin
Thomas Creek
Sarah Duncan
Tamar Geist
Matthew Krell
Timaree McCormick
Master Electrician:
Tamar Geist
Projection Design:
Timaree McCormick
Mandara Nott
Projection Collaboration:
Students of Theatre Scene Design Class
and Theatre Film & Stage Directing Class
Conceptual Photographs (used by permission):
Misha Gordin ()
Projection Operations:
Audrey Gibson
Stephanie Stowman
Lightboard/Soundboard Operator:
Alex Antohin
Costume Shop Manager:
Lorraine Pettit
Costume Construction:
Glynda Camp
Nikki Kloepfer
Ali Sattler
Karl Thompson
Advanced Topics in Costume Design Students
Jewelry Design and Fabrication:
Lorraine Pettit
Wardrobe Master:
Karl Thompson
Dresser:
Stephanie Stowman
Box Office Manager/ Department Coordinator/PR:
Maya Salganek
Ticket Sales:
Martha-Marie Arias
Michele Harmeling
Kimberly Sherman
Dramaturge
- Topics for discussion - questions concerning the play
- The Chorus - a common device in Greek Tragedy
- Family Tree of Oedipus Rex
- Sophocles the playwright
- Synopsis What the heck happens? I fell asleep!
- Ancient Athens during greek times
- Fate vs. Free Will
- Glossary of Greek times, places, devices
- Masks actors used masks in original Greek productions
- Oedipus: Tragic Flaw
- What makes Oedipus a Tragic Hero?
- Denver Center Theatre Company
- Higgins, Charles and Higgins, Regina. Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy. New York: IDG Books, 2000.
- O'Brien, Michael J. Twentieth Century Interpretations of Oedipus Rex. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968.
- Walter, William. The Plays of Sophocles. NY: Simon and Schuster, 1934.
- Knox, Bernard M. W. Oedipus at Thebes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957.
- Segal, Charles. Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge. NY: Twayne Publishers, 1993.
- Leone, Bruno, ed. Readings on Sophocles. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1997.
- Bowra, C. M. "Sophocles' Use of Mythology." "Sigmund Freud."
- Nicoll, Allardyce. The Development of the Theatre. NY: Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc., 1966.
- Sorell, Walter. The Other Face: the Mask in the Arts. NY: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.
- Gardiner, Cynthia P. The Sophoclean Chorus: a Study of Character and Function. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press, 1987.
- Johnston, Ian. "Fate, Freedom, and the Tragic Experience: an Introductory Lecture on Sophocles' Oedipus the King". British Columbia: Malaspina University, 2000.
- Leone, Bruno, ed. Readings on Sophocles. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1997.
- Jevons, Frank B. "In Sophoclean Tragedy, Humans Create Their Own Fate."
- Daniels, Charles B. and Scully, Sam. What Really Goes On in Sophocles. Theban Plays. NY: University Press of America, Inc., 1996.
- Friedlander, Ed. "Enjoying Oedipus the King" by Sophocles.
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All photographs by Kade Mendelowitz
