Iphigenia at Aulis at the Milagro Theater

Highwire Theatre presents Iphigenia at Aulis, by Euripides, translated by Don Taylor, opening at CSV's Milagro Theater on 7 Dec 2007, following a preview performance on 6 Dec and running through to 16 Dec 2007.

Iphigenia at Aulis: This classic Greek tragedy tells the story of the ultimate sacrifice that a family must make in the name of one man's ego. The Greek fleet assembles in the bay of Aulis prepared to launch an attack on Troy, but the wind suddenly drops and the ships stand idle. The army blames their leader who, in danger of losing his command, panics and jumps to a solution: to sacrifice his own daughter in return for a favourable wind.

Utilizing the tension between a cold, harsh, propaganda-filled, war-hungry world and the women who enter it, this production explores the ease with which Clytemnestra and Iphigenia are transformed from dutiful wife and innocent child to murderer and warrior by a single event.

Directed by Jill Landaker, Iphigenia at Aulis features Sarah Brill, Julia Davis, Tommy Dickie, David Douglas, Jason Griffith, Eli James, David Ian Lee, Michelle O�Connor, Thomas Poarch, Ninon Rogers and Gillian Visco.

The creative team features David Newell (sets), David Withrow (costumes) and KJ Hardy (lighting).