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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
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
Preview: Friday, September 20 at 7:30 pm
Opening: Saturday, September 21 at 8 pm
Pay What You Choose: Monday, September 22 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
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W Walnut St, Milwaukee, WI 53212-3868, United States,Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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