TO YOU, THE BIRDIE! (Phèdre)
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Production Credits
Hippolytos: Ari Fliakos
Theramenes/Reader: Scott Shepherd
Oenone: Frances McDormand (2001-02), Sheena See (2002-06)
Phèdre: Kate Valk
Theseus: Willem Dafoe (2001-02), Roy Faudree (2002-06)
Venus/Referee: Suzzy Roche/Fiona Leaning
Marker 7: Koosil-ja
Marker 4: Dominique Bousquet
Video Venus: Suzzy Roche
Director: Elizabeth LeCompte
Text: Paul Schmidt
Set: Jim Findlay
Sound: John Collins, Geoff Abbas, Jim Dawson
Video: Philip Bussmann
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
Original Music Tracks: David Linton
Original Songs: drench (Koosil-ja Hwang, Suzzy Roche, Kate Valk)
Costumes: The Wooster Group with Elizabeth Jenyon
Assistant Director: Richard Kimmel
Video Totems: Ruud van den Akker
Stage Manager: Ariana Smart (2000), Judy Tucker (2001)
Technical Director: Geoff Abbas, Iver Findlay
Master Technicians: Ruud van den Akker, Jeff Sugg (2001)
Production Manager: Bozkurt Karasu (2003-06)
Master Electrician: Reid Farrington (2001), Lara Wilder (2002), Gabe Maxson (2003-06)
Video Operator: Reid Farrington (2002-06)
Assistant Costumes/Video: Tara Webb (2001-04)
Assistant Video: Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck (2006)
Assistant Video/Editor: Max Finneran (2001)
Sound Consultant: Lance Dann, Dan Dobson
Badminton Master: Chi-Bing Wu
Dramaturgy: Jim Dawson, Dennis Dermody
Special thanks to:
Phyllis Carlin, Constantine Fliakos, Austin Guest, Kimberley Hassett, Margaret Mann,
Geraldine Swayne, and PRADA for their contributions to the piece.
This piece is dedicated to Paul Schmidt (1934-1999), who wrote this version of Racine's Phèdre for The Wooster Group in 1993.
Production History
March - April - May, 2000: rehearsals
September - October, 2000: rehearsals
January - February, 2001: rehearsals
April - May, 2001: rehearsals
June 1 - July 1, 2001: work-in-progress showings at The Performing Garage
September 21 - 23, 2001: work-in-progress showings at The Performing Garage
November 28 - December 7, 2001: performances at The Festival D'Automne, Centre Pompidou - Paris, France
February 1 - March 30, 2002: peformances at St. Ann's Warehouse - Brooklyn, NY
May 9 - May 23, 2002: peformances at London International Festival of Theatre, Riverside Studios - London, England
May 31 - June 5, 2002: peformances at International Istanbul Theatre Festival - Istanbul, Turkey
June 13 - 19, 2002: peformances at Kaaitheater - Brussels, Belgium
October 15 - 19, 2002: performances at The Wexner Center - Columbus, OH
October 25 - 31, 2002: performances at On the Boards - Seattle, WA
November 8 - 17, 2002: performances at UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
May 30 - June 3, 2003: performances at Teatr Dramatyczny - Warsaw, Poland
June 11 - 15, 2003: performances at Holland Festival - Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 26 - 30, 2003: performances at Hebbel Theater - Berlin, Germany
June 17 - 20, 2004: performances at Bonn Biennale, Halle Beuel - Bonn Germany
July 12 - 16, 2004: performances at GREC Festival 2004, Theater Lliure - Barcelona, Spain
August 19 - 22, 2004: performances at Welt in Basel Festival, Reithalle - Basel, Switzerland
July 16 - 19, 2006: performances at Hellenic Festival - Athens, Greece
October 22 - 25, 2006: performances at Territory Festival - Moscow, Russia
