AN ADAPTATION BY THE AUC THEATRE CLASS OF THE PLAY LYSISTRATA BY ARISTOPHANES

Dramatis personæ Runaways’ Chorus • Revelation “Rev”: Jose Correa Leader of the Women’s Chorus • Orion: Giancarlo Cabanilla • Lysistrata Johnson: Christina Tsitouris • Zen: Charalampos Korfiatis

Director’s Note Lysistrata’s call to stop having sex to end Women’s Chorus Reporters • Linda Smith: Karla Boada Lysistrata by Aristophanes is an the war was in a way mirrored two and a • Dave: Andres Hands • Natalie Watz: Tatiana Valdes • Neil: George Thompson ancient Greek comedy that was initially half millennia later in the hippies’ slogan • Sandra Carter: Nicole Guevara • Susan Mcphee: Brianna Rodriguez performed in Athens in 411 BCE, and «Make love, not war.» Leader of the Soldiers’ Chorus it is both an anti-war play and an early Leader of the Men’s Chorus • Lieutenant: Alex Llopiz portrayal of sexual relations under a Lysistrata 1969 is an adaptation of the • Dennis Johnson: Alfonso Lopez male-dominated society. Greek theatre original that highlights the 60s resonance Soldiers’ Chorus Men’s Chorus • Maggot a: Ronald Borrell was a groundbreaking popular form of of the play. The adaptation is full of • James Carter: Ronald Borrell • Maggot b: Devin Ponce references to the culture and music • Michael Watz: Roger Borrell entertainment, addressing political and • Jonathan Smith: Daniel Camargo • Maggot c: Luigi Vera social issues relevant to the time. The of young people of the 60s and draws • Carl Mcphee: Leandro Hernandez plays were performed in festivals at parallels between the worlds of 1969 The Child the city of Dionysia and displayed the America and 4th Century BCE Greece. • Jimmy (son of Sandra and James): wealth and political power of Athens. At There’s a saying that if women ruled the Edwin Marquez the same time, they served as an open world, there would be no war. If women Leader of the Hippies’ Chorus space for different perspectives and were in charge, perhaps the chances of • Venus: Cristina Varela going to war would decrease because opinions, even if they were against the Hippies’ Chorus norm or the state. women give birth to the people who • Stella: Keilyn Vasquez fight and die in them. Independently of • Daisy: Maria Santallana • Skye: Zoe Morales Lysistrata is a woman with a deep sense how optimistic one is about the evolution • Delilah: Mia Gaines of social responsibility and awareness of human civilization, the feminist and • Dawn: Victoria Grijalva • June: Alezia Mata that persuades the other women to anti-war themes present in Lysistrata • Summer: Ariadne Aranda refuse sex from their husbands to force remain relevant throughout the history them to end the Peloponnesian War. of humankind. It is that strategy that inflames and exposes the battle between the sexes.