Dates: 11/29/05 – 12/22/05
Written by: Sarah Kane
Directed by: Ianthe Demos
Venue: The Cherry Lane Theater, NYC
In Phaedra’s Love, playwright Sarah Kane imagines a world where excess, lust and violence rule. Though Kane’s Hippolytus is bored, promiscuous, slob who has already slept with her daughter, Phaedra’s passion is undaunted. In a play where Ubu Roi meets Quentin Tarantino, the fumblings of this doomed family are as violent and ugly as they are comedic. Kane skewers the royal family, the Church, and the breakdown of the family as she takes us to the final bloody conclusion in this story of ridiculous, shameful love.
One Year Lease presented Phaedra’s Love as part of PHAEDRA x 3, which featured an ensemble of six actors performing three very dadaptations of the myth of Phaedra. From the classical to the raunchy, PHAEDRA x 3 included Ted Hughes’ translation of Racine’s Phedre, Matthew Maguire’s Phaedra, and Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love. PHAEDRA x 3 was created and workshopped during OYL’s summer residency in Greece in the the summer of 2005.
Danny Bernardy*
Jennie Hahn
Jim Kane
Christina Lind
Susannah Melone
Gregory Waller
Playwright: Sarah Kane
Director: Ianthe Demos
Dramaturg: Jessica Kaplow Applebaum
Lighting Designer: Mike Riggs
Set Designer: James Hunting
Costume Designer: Kay Lee
Sound Designer: David Chessman
Graphic Designer: Brian Michael Thomas
Publicity: Sarah Parvis