bacchae
This adaptation of The Bacchae translates Euripides’ classical tragedy into an immersive rave experience. The story of Dionysus’ revenge on Thebes will be poetically re-worked and set in a Stanford that is at once contemporary and mythical, refracting modern rave culture through the lens of ancient myth to reveal how Dionysian religion lives on today. Our Bacchae will begin at the Cantor Arts Center and conclude at the Clark Center, with the action unfolding at various sites in between. We aspire to create a festival of music, art, and performance at this edge of campus - a playground for student artists and spectators alike.
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Director.....................................Laura Petree
Adaptor/Dramaturg..............Jake Friedler
Lead Designer/Costumes...Juliet Charnas
Mama.........................................Raquel Ryan
Sheet Manager.......................Spencer Giel
Producer....................................Brigitte Wittmer
Crew
Lighting Designers..............Henry Thiemann, Sam Johnson
Projection Designers...........Henry Thiemann, Witt Fetter
Maenad Choreography.......Dafna Szafer
Bacchae Choreography.......Carly Lave
Maenad Vocal Consultant..Jack Petok
Graphic Designer...................Camilla Franklin
Headdresses............................Neal Ulrich
Bodypainting...........................Carey Phelps
LARP consultant.....................Deanna Abrams (Live Action Role Play)
Videography............................Tulio Ospina, Avi Bagla, Justine Beed, Ouree Lee
Run Crew..................................Adam Schorin, Zach Saraf, Tessa Jean Smith, Sam Johnson, Brigitte Wittmer, Henry Thiemann, Spencer Giel
Guides.......................................Alex Bayer, Darcey Pancoast, Laetitia Walendom, Ali Stack, Chris Ponce de Leon, Miranda Strominger, Jack Petok, Jake Friedler, Nika Shoon-Shiong, Allen Xu, Amanda Edelman, Jenai Longstaff
Cast
Dionysus.........................Tucker Bryant
Pentheus.........................Calvin Studebaker
Cadmus...........................Trent Peltz
Tiresias............................Matt Simon
Agave...............................Jessica Waldman
Autonoe..........................Amelia Dreyer
Ino.....................................Benina Stern
Bacchae...........................Natalie Gonzalez, Mikaela Grace, Katie Joseff, Paige Nethercutt, Darby Schumacher, Molly Seligman, Natalya Thakur
Messengers...................Jeffrey Abidor, Ethan Wilcox
Chief of Police..............Yash Saraf
Police................................Bryant Chen
Lead Maenad.................Sean Morris
Maenads.........................Anne-Sophie Bine, Michaela Elias, Patty Hamilton, Carla Lewis, Jack Lundquist, Eugenia Puglisi, Sam Sagan, Noah Toyonaga, Jack Weller
Flautist............................Darien French-Owen
Drummer........................Alex Muscat
Special Thanks
Honors in the Arts/Stanford Arts Institute
SOCA
UAR
QuEST
Comp Lit
TAPS
ResArts
StanShakes
Leslie Hill
Jon Hayward
Mark Lawrence
Linda Apperson
Branislav Jakovljevic
Trevor Tubelle
Julia Starr
