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Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Nov. 11-13 and 17-19, 2017 

Production Reimagined a Classic Greek Myth
Directed by Catharine Slusar

The Theater Program of ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥ and Haverford Colleges (Mark Lord, Chair) presented Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, directed by Catharine Slusar, a Barrymore Award-winning actor, director, and Assistant Professor in Theater at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥. Ruhl, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, has written over a dozen plays, including The Clean House, Stage Kiss, and In the Next Room, or the vibrator play. Ruhl has been described by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times as "one of the most gifted and adventurous American playwrights to emerge in recent years."

In Eurydice, Ruhl retells a classic Greek myth, shifting focus from Orpheus to his bride, Eurydice, who dies on their wedding night. Ruhl transports us to an underworld where stones talk and sing, where water makes you forget, where mothers are trees, and where the one you love might just come back to you. A play that shifts narrative focus to women feels appropriate for ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥, even more so with Slusar's careful cultivation of an all-female design team: Set and Costume Designer Maiko Matsushima, Lighting Designer Lily Fossner, Lighting Assistant Samantha Wall, Sound Designer Adrienne Mackey, and Assistant Director Franny Mestrich. Eurydice complicates a classic narrative, asking us to think again about the role of women in our stories and in our lives.

Eurydice opens the Theater Program’s 2016-2017 season, with six performances (Nov. 11-13 and 17-19) at the Hepburn Teaching Theater (Goodhart Hall, ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥). Opening night is Friday, Nov. 11.

The Creative Team

Mark Lord, Producer
Catharine K. Slusar, Director
Maiko Matsushima, Set and Costume Designer
Justin McDaniel, Technical Director
Amy Radbill, Production Manager and Props Designer
Henry Bradford (HC ’15), Assistant Technical Director
Franny Mestrich (BMC ’19), Assistant Director
Adrienne Mackey, Sound Designer
Lily Fossner, Lighting Designer
Sam Wall (BMC ’18), Lighting Assistant
Kat Larson (BMC ’19) Stage Manager

Featuring
Ellen Cohn (BMC ’17)
Sahva Gebrehiwet (HC ’19)
Dylan Hoffman (BMC ’19)
Leah Jarvik (HC ’19)
Gaia Jinsi (BMC ’20)
Rory Kennison (HC ’18)
Emily Lobel (BMC ’20)
Bridget Rose McJohn (BMC ’17)
Erica Rice (BMC ’17)
Maria Victoria Russo (BMC ’17)
Gwen Vandivere (BMC ’20)
Olivia Xing (BMC ’20)