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by aristophanes
directed by catherine zudak

april 14-17, 2005
thursday-saturday at 8 pm, sunday at 2 pm
wcc's towsley auditorium

show sponsors: Paesano's and Washtenaw Community College

Actors shown will not necessarily appear in the parts depicted.

SYNOPSIS: For twenty years, the rival provinces of Athens and Sparta have struggled for control over contested territories, and the war threatens to wipe out the male population. Lysistrata, an Athenian woman, decides to take matters into her own hands. She summons women from all over Greece, and persuades them not to sleep with their husbands until a peace treaty has been ratified.
CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, Catherine Zudak
Catherine Zudak, has been a volunteer with Civic for the past 4 seasons. She most recently served as Managing Producer for On the Town and served as the Assistant Director for Girls of the Garden Club.
CAST:
(in order of appearance)

Lysistrata                        Tiffany Mitchenor
Lysistrata’s Assistant       Paddy Ash
Calonice                         Alexandra Berneis
Myrrhine                         Emilie Litzell
Lampito                          Patti Smith
Women of Greece          Marcie Grambeau
                                       Brittany Kelley
                                       Cassie Mann
Men’s Chorus Leader      Andrew Hoag
Men’s Chorus                  Rey Arceno
                                       Ralph Carpenter
Women’s Ch. Leader      Ramona Wildgoose
Women’s Chorus            Susan Klein
                                       Lyn Davidge
Magistrate                      Richard Casto
Magistrate’s Secret Svc Kevin Stacy
                                       Edmund Senkowski
Archers                           Brittany Kelley
                                       Marcie Grambeau
                                       Tom Patterson
                                       Kent Klausner
Old Women                    Paddy Ash
                                       Patti Smith
Cinesias                          Kevin Stacy
Manes                             Edmund Senkowski
Cinesias, Jr.                    Thomas Myers
Herald                             Edmund Senkowski
Spartan Delegate            Kent Klauser
Athenian Journalist         Jimmy Dee Arnold
Spartan Journalist           Tom Patterson
Athenian Delegate           Brittany Kelley
Reconciliation                 Cassie Mann
STAFF:
Teresa Myers, producer
Catherine Zudak, director
Michele Leshan, assistant director
Kent Klausner, special assistant
Thom Johnson, stage manager
Valerie Wilkerson, costumer
Amie Lockwood, set designer and painter
Bob Seeman, set builder
Larry Rusinsky, sound designer
Andy Jentzen, sound board operator
Nathaniel Madura, lighting designer
Torey Berneis, props
Linda Lee Austin, props
Kathyrine Myers, choreographer
Edmund Senkowski, hair and makeup
Tiff Crutchfield, graphic designer
COMMENTS: Lysistrata appealed to me as a great comedy with an important social message. Though it is an ancient play, it has tremendous relevance to modern times – social cost of war, battle between sexes, and strength in unity. For that reason, I have set it in modern times. The play also appealed to me as an excellent project for community theatre. It has a large ensemble cast, a simple set, and a strong female lead.
LINKS:
The full text in Evansville University translation
Full Text by Anonymous Translator
Moonstruck Drama Bookstore biography of Aristophanes
TheaterHistory.com's biography of Aristophanes
Theatre Database's biography of Aristophanes
Lysistrata Project
The world of Lysistrata

>order tickets
>audition information
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CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, Catherine Zudak
Catherine Zudak, has been a volunteer with Civic for the past 4 seasons. She most recently served as Managing Producer for On the Town and served as the Assistant Director for Girls of the Garden Club.

LINKS:
The full text in Evansville University translation
Full Text by Anonymous Translator
Moonstruck Drama Bookstore biography of Aristophanes
TheaterHistory.com's biography of Aristophanes
Theatre Database's biography of Aristophanes
Lysistrata Project
The world of Lysistrata

MEDIA
East Carolina University's Production stills
Jean Cocteau Repertory's Production stills

NEWS COVERAGE:
The preview, from Ann Arbor News, Tuesday, April 12, 2005
The review, from Ann Arbor News, Friday, April 15, 2005

>order tickets >audition information - send audition form - send participation form >synopsis >cast >staff >comments >links >media >news coverage

CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, Catherine Zudak Catherine Zudak, has been a volunteer with Civic for the past 4 seasons. She most recently served as Managing Producer for On the Town and served as the Assistant Director for Girls of the Garden Club.

LINKS: The full text in Evansville University translation Full Text by Anonymous Translator Moonstruck Drama Bookstore biography of Aristophanes TheaterHistory.com's biography of Aristophanes Theatre Database's biography of Aristophanes Lysistrata Project The world of Lysistrata

MEDIA East Carolina University's Production stills Jean Cocteau Repertory's Production stills

NEWS COVERAGE: The preview, from Ann Arbor News, Tuesday, April 12, 2005 The review, from Ann Arbor News, Friday, April 15, 2005

>order tickets
>audition information
- send audition form
- send participation form
>synopsis
>cast
>staff
>comments
>links
>media
>news coverage

CONTACT THE DIRECTOR, Catherine Zudak
Catherine Zudak, has been a volunteer with Civic for the past 4 seasons. She most recently served as Managing Producer for On the Town and served as the Assistant Director for Girls of the Garden Club.

LINKS:
The full text in Evansville University translation
Full Text by Anonymous Translator
Moonstruck Drama Bookstore biography of Aristophanes
TheaterHistory.com's biography of Aristophanes
Theatre Database's biography of Aristophanes
Lysistrata Project
The world of Lysistrata

MEDIA
East Carolina University's Production stills
Jean Cocteau Repertory's Production stills

NEWS COVERAGE:
The preview, from Ann Arbor News, Tuesday, April 12, 2005
The review, from Ann Arbor News, Friday, April 15, 2005