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Past Work

Cry, Trojans! (Troilus & Cressida)

November 2012–May 2015

Following our 2012 collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company on Troilus and Cressida, we converted that production into an independent piece. With the spirit of the absent collaborator/enemy still manifesting in various ways, Cry, Trojans! concentrates on the Trojan side of the story: the corruption of sincere love and the downfall of a noble hero

Production History

Additional Credits

During the 2015 performances at St. Ann’s Warehouse, Jim Fletcher and Eric Dyer alternated their parts, with Eric Dyer appearing from March 24-31 and Jim Fletcher appearing from April 1-19.

Cry, Trojans! (Troilus & Cressida) began as a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company. That original production, Troilus and Cressida, was commissioned by the RSC for the World Shakespeare Festival, produced for the London 2012 Olympics Festival. Co-directors for the original production: Elizabeth LeCompte and Mark Ravenhill. Additional credits for the original production: Greek cast: Joe Dixon, Scott Handy, Aidan Kelly, Clifford Samuel, Zubin Varla, and Danny Webb. Trojan cast: Zbigniew Bzymek, Jibz Cameron, Ari Fliakos, Marin Ireland, Jennifer Lim, Bobby McElver, Greg Mehrten, Bruce Odland, Andrew Schneider, Scott Shepherd, and Gary Wilmes. Designers for the Greeks: Laura Hopkins and Nigel Edwards. Music for the Greeks: Dave Price. Props and costume design for the Trojans: Studio Folkert de Jong with Delphine Courtillot. Music director for the Trojans: Bruce Odland.

Special thanks for this project to Michael Boyd, Rupert Goold, Laura Hopkins, Deborah Shaw, and Jeremy Adams of the RSC, and to Tim Carroll, Alex Hassell, Bozkurt Karasu, and Ruth Mackenzie.

Special project funds were generously provided by the National Endowment for the Arts; the Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam; The Rolex Institute; and the Cry, Trojans (Troilus & Cressida) Producers’ Circle: George Ahl, Francesca Connolly, Wendy vanden Heuvel, Jennifer and Kristopher John, Diane and Adam Max, and Michael Tracy.

Performances at the Singapore International Festival of Arts were supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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