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11-6-1974 The rT ojan Women
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-" iie rnoriru wouin Presented by the Speech and Drama Department and Trojan Ptayers Dicoctcd bv Jestie Rourselow Set and Costume Design by Linda Kukuk November 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1974 Lighting and Sound Design by Jsmes Oosting IHE CAST
Poseidon, God ot rre Se Douglas Scharlenberg Cassandra, pridstess of Apollo, daughter of Hecubs...CeDise Norman Athefla (or Pallas), Goddess ol Wisdon...... Nancy Jackson* Andromache, widow of Hecuba s son Hector . . . . . , . . Elizabeth Kaiser Hecuba, Aueen of Ttoy ...... ft,larilyn Jonest Astyanax,sonofAndromacheandl.l€ctor...... :....TinothyKern Chovs ol Trojan Wonen hisoners.,'...... Pame|a Eechtel Helen,wiieotl\,|eoe|aus...... ,...,,,...... Retha Martini Katherine Block, Patricia Hershey, Jill Sonils, Mary Stone Menelaus, Kang of Spalta ...... cregory Johnson Talthybius, Greek Herald ....,....,:...... TimothyBertsche Soldier...... cene Eakins . : The action takes place in front of the ruins of Troy.
There will be one ten minLrte inrermrssion.
Music Heard Tonight: Dles /rae(Auschwitz Orctotiol and fhtenody for the Victins ol Llitoshina by Krzysztof Penderecki: Elowin in the WindbyBobDylan.
our Next Production: TllE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT lN JAIL, [,larch 5,6,7, and8, 1975
rDenotes Trojan Players Membership
As a courtesy to the actors, please do not use cameras durinq the performance. PROGRAM NOTES
Tradition says that EURIPIDES was born on the island of Salamis in a s no other writer has felt. the pitifulness of human life, as of the year 480 B.C. on the day of the great battle. His parents were chrldren suffering hclplessly what they do not know and can never people of good standing and as a boy Euripides took part in various understand. No poet's ear has ever been so sensitively attuned as festivals that reflected the respected position of his parents in-the his to the still, sad music of humanity and with that ihe sense of commun ity. the value of each individual human being. Out of the pages written more than twenty-three hundred years ago sound the two notes which He seems to have begun his career as a painter and paintings attri- we feel are the dominants in our world today, sympathy with suffering buted to him were exhibited at Megara in later times. but sources and the conviction of the worth of everyone alive. A poet of the indicate that he began writing at the age of eighteen and at the age anti que world speaks to us and we hear what seems peculiarly our of twenty-five won a chance to compete for the tragic prize. He was own," defeated in this attempt but is said to have won his first victory in the year 441-440 and four others, the last one after his death. He was I n 408, the old poet, now over seventy, accepted on invitation from a dedicated student and confined himself largely to his library work. King Archelaus to the Court of Macedonia. The kings of Macedonia His large library was the first ever formed in Athens and Euripides is were glad to receive visits from literary men and Euripides was treat- thought to have composed as many as ninety-two plays, nineteen of ed with great distinction. There, with his genius seeming to find its which are extant. He is said to have maintained an aloofness from youth again among the wi ld northern hills he wrote his two most public life. eccentric in the Athenian eyes. He loathed the cold vividly romantrc works, THE BACCHANTS and the IPHIGENIA AT militari sm of Sparta and the imperialism of Athens, and his com- AULIS. A tragic accident took the life of the old poet in 406 B.C. passion for those who suffered the abuse of such savage victories and he was buried in l\ilacedonia near the town of Arethusa. After his influenced his writing,,of THE TROJAN WOMEN in the year 415 B.C. cieath, his fame continued to grow until it surpassed thai of his two Edith Hamilton in her book THE GREEK WAY states "Euripides feels great pedecessors, Aeschylus and Sophocles. ****** Our appreciation to Kathy Allen for her assistance in choreographing Cassandra's dance.
During intermission may we invite you to visit the art exhibit of K. P. Singh, formerly of lndia, currently with the Department of Metropolitan Devel- opment, designer of cities, sculpture, paintings, and drawings in the Chronicle-Tribune Art Gallery. PRODUCTION STAFF Technical Directors: Linda Kukuk and James Oosting Assistant to the Director: Keith Valenzo Assistant Technical Director: Sue Harrison*
Construction . .Nancy Blackmer Light Crew. ....ROBERT PARISH* House NANCY JACKSON* Iflayne Grumbl ing* !'/ayne Grumbling" Cynthia Bowers Patricia Hershey Audrey Fairfield Nancy Jackson" Make-up. . .. .: . Sandra Harris Frederick Feisel Joseph King Rita Moss Olav Haug* Gail Moore Susan Ramage Linda Johnson Brad Moser* Beth Rosenberger Angela Landon Denise Norman Jill Sonius Rebecca Lichtenberger Kathleen Oliver Beth \l/aldrop Kimberly Luke Jane Riblet Robert Parish* El i sabeth !V itte ! : Penny Ramey Kathleen Roberts* Chantler Thompson Costumes .. Retha Martin* Joanne Rowel I Barbara Stipanuk , ,." JanetRutledge* Sound. ,,.. .. Connie Klinefelter Chantler Thompson Marilyn Stiner Program Cover . . Kathy Oosting* l Light Plot Design .. Brad Moser* ' Li nda Turner ' ,, Catherine rVilson ' ,' : ' Vicki v/ilson
*Denotes Trojan Players Members