Epic Modern Retelling!
AN ILIAD
by Lisa Peterson & Denis O'Hare
September 20-October 6, 2024
Milwaukee Youth Arts Center | Goodman Mainstage Hall
Directed by Artistic Director Brent Hazelton**
Featuring Kellen "Klassik" Abston and N'Jameh Camara
Designed and created by Kellen "Klassik" Abston, Alex Erickson, Amy Horst, Josh Schmidt, Noele Stollmack, and Emily Wright
Kellen "Klassik" Abston
N'Jameh Camara*
Every time I sing this song, I hope it’s the last time
A lone Poet, exhausted from the front lines of history’s epic wars and aided only by a single Muse, steps onto an empty stage and weaves a tale filled with honor and hubris, fortitude and fallibility, and righteousness and blind rage. Intimate, urgent, and incisive, this modern retelling—adapted from Robert Fagles’ gold-standard translation and featuring a live score from Milwaukee’s own Klassik—hones Homer’s epic to a gleaming edge as captivating as it is timeless.
“Spellbinding…Smartly conceived and impressively executed…relates an age-old story that resonates with meaning today…”
– The New York Times
“…pure theater: shocking, glorious, primal and deeply satisfying.” – Time Out New York
Run time: approximately 90 minutes, no intermission
KEY DATES + EVENTS
Here2Play: Wednesday, September 4 at Zao MKE Church | Click here to RSVP
Preview: Friday, September 20 at 7:30 pm
Opening: Saturday, September 21 at 8 pm
Pay What You Choose: Monday, September 23 at 7:30 pm, walk-up tickets available starting one hour before the show
Talkbacks: Thursdays, September 26 and October 3 following the 7:30 pm performances
SipStudio: Saturday, September 28, open to attendees of that day's matinee and evening performances
ASL-Interpretation: Friday, October 4 at 7:30 pm
The Poet
The Muse
Sound Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Technical Director and Scenic Builder
N'Jameh Camara*
Kellen "Klassik" Abston
Josh Schmidt***
Noele Stollmack***
Amy Horst
Emily Wright*
Alex Erickson
Adam Hastings
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Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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AN ILIAD was originally developed as part of the New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspects Program, Off-Broadway premiere produced by New York Theatre Workshop (Jim Nicola, Artistic Director; William Russo, Managing Director) in 2012.
AN ILIAD was originally produced by Seattle Repertory Theatre (Jerry Manning, Producing Director; Benjamin Moore, Managing Director).
It was subsequently produced by McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, NJ (Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director; Mara Isaacs, Producing Director).
AN ILIAD was developed in part with assistance of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program.