TROILUS AND CRESSIDA

A collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company for the World Shakespeare Festival as part of the London 2012 Festival
Directed by Elizabeth LeCompte and Mark Ravenhill

A collaboration between the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group at the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival. The two companies took opposite sides in the Trojan War: we staged the scenes in Troy while the RSC staged the scenes in the Greek camp. The juxtaposition of contrasting approaches, sometimes awkward, other times galvanizing, accented the cultural face-off in the play.


Wooster Group Production Credits

TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
by William Shakespeare

FOR THE TROJANS
Troilus: Scott Shepherd
Pandarus: Greg Mehrten
Aeneas: Andrew Schneider
Cressida: Marin Ireland
Antenor: Zbigniew Bzymek
Hector: Ari Fliakos
Paris: Gary Wilmes
Priam: Bruce Odland
Cassandra: Jibz Cameron
Andromache: Jennifer Lim

Directed by: Elizabeth LeCompte
Associate Director: Kate Valk
Music Director: Bruce Odland
Tipi, Props and Costumes: Studio Folkert de Jong in collaboration with Delphine Courtillot
Timber and Aluminum Set: Laura Hopkins
Video Totems: Ruud van den Akker
Lighting: Nigel Edwards
Video and Interactive Electronics: Andrew Schneider
Sound: Bobby McElver, James Dawson
Production Manager: Bozkurt Karasu
Stage Manager: Teresa Hartmann
Wardrobe: Enver Chakartash
Producer: Cynthia Hedstrom
General & Company Manager: Sandra Garner
Assistant to the Director: Jamie Poskin
Video Blog: Zbigniew Bzymek

Commissioned for the World Shakespeare Festival, produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company for London 2012 Festival. Made possible with major support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Thanks to the Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam, The Rolex Institute, and the TROILUS AND CRESSIDA Producer’s Circle: George Ahl, Francesca Connolly, Jennifer & Kristopher John, Diane & Adam Max, and Wendy vanden Heuvel.

For the Greek credits, visit www.rsc.org.uk.


Production History

2010 September: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2010-2011 December-January: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA rehearsals at The Performing Garage with the Royal Shakespeare Company
2011 March-April: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2011 July: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2011 December: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2012 April-June: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA rehearsals at The Performing Garage
2012 June-July: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA rehearsals with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, UK
2012 August 3-18: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the London 2012 Festival
            at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
2012 August 24-September 8: TROILUS AND CRESSIDA performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the London 2012
            Festival at Riverside Studios in London, UK