Will the avenging Fury ever sleep?

It is 1230 BCE, in the decades after the fall of Troy. The victorious Mycenaean dynasty sees its fifth and final cursed generation in Orestes and Elektra, the children of the assassinated king Agamemnon. With the return of the exiled prince, Orestes, the vengeance of ancient gods rises along with the legacy of a race of warlord kings.

BloodReign uses pieces of the three ancient Greek plays that tell a mythic story of justice, matricide, and a cursed royal lineage. BloodReign is exotic, glamorous epic drama, with flickers of surrealistic performance and tribal ritualism. This piece was enthusiastically developed by our artists in workshops starting in June 2002. The project features a multicultural cast with John Tiliakos as Orestes, Amy Woodruff as Elektra, and Joy Begnaud as Klytemnestra. Performance creation and design is by Amy Woodruff (fresh out of hand surgery!), from Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophokles.

performed in The Core at the STATE PALACE THEATRE

1108 Canal Street at Rampart | New Orleans, Louisiana

July 11 & 12, 17-19, 24 & 25, 2003

doors open at 7:30 pm | show at 8

tickets $10, full cash bar thruout

on-site security | lots of parking | SPT info line: 504.522.4435 | www.statepalace.com

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Above: Joy Begnaud as Klytemnestra in "BloodReign."