We’re very excited to be offering for our first mainstage production of 2023

THE ALCESTIAD

a play in three acts with a satyr play

The Drunken Sisters

by Thornton Wilder

(author of Our Town, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Skin of our Teeth, The Long Christmas Dinner and more)

March 3-5, 10-12

at University Church , 57th & University

Thornton Wilder called The Alcestiad “a mixture of religious revival, mother-love-dynamite, and heroic derring-do,” and he wasn’t kidding.  As Alcestis searches for the meaning of life, we encounter gods (Apollo, Hercules, Death, the Fates) and prophets (Teiresias, the Delphic oracle), but –in her journey from young maidenhood to old age–Alcestis has to pretty much figure it out for herself, with the help of her fellow mortals.

As we bring The Alcestiad to life, the excitement is building and all the pieces are coming together–even a full-sized Hell Mouth.

Join us: for The Alcestiad Revival!

Who’s involved:

Paul Baker – Director, Apollo
Robert Carhuayo – Agis, Ensemble
Marilyn Cavicchia – Assistant Director
Corinna Christman – Second Guard, Ensemble
Lina Jean Fritz – Alcestis
Anne Gearhart – Ensemble
Dan Heinz – Hercules, Third Guard, Ensemble
Andrea Holliday – Lachesis, Ensemble
Bill Hohnke – Composer
Ruth Kadanoff – Clotho, Ensemble
Mary McCarthy – Costumiere
Laura MacGregor – Producer
Shail Modi – First Herdsman, Ensemble
Rivka Nathan – Death
Dorothy Parsons, Epimenes, Ensemble
David Pirszel – Cheriander, Fourth Herdsman
James Redfield – Teiresias
Sasha Schmidt – Atropos, Ensemble
William Schmidt – First Watchman, Ensemble
Ana Sokovic – Second Herdsman, Ensemble
Elizabeth Vann – Third Herdsman, Second Watchman
Grace Williams – Teiresias’s Attendant, Ensemble
Steve Yandell – Admetus, Ensemble
Maria Yakubovich – Aglaia, Ensemble
Valerie Zhao – First Guard, Ensemble

And more….

Watch this space for more information!

The Alcestiad is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com