Orestes

September 7, 2007 - September 23, 2007

In nimbus' Agamemnon, the king returned from war only to find his death at the hands of his scheming wife. Now, the son will return to seek his vengeance. In this fusion of the 2nd half of Aeschylus' The Libation Bearers and the entirety of The Eumenides, the prodigal Orestes returns to avenge the killing of his father, Agamemnon, and then flees, only to be pursued by the Furies. With help from Apollo, he seeks out Athena and is thrown to the mercy of her court and a jury of his peers.

Directed by nimbus co-Artistic Director Liz Neerland, Orestes is the second of a two-part original adaptation of the Oresteia trilogy. These classic tragedies have been re-imagined as a daring new work that seeks to trace the reverberations of brutality and introduce the (still) novel idea that mercy should take precedence over cruelty.

Showtimes and Reservations

Media Coverage of Orestes:

Online Media Kit: Orestes PR

Dramatis Personae

Director	Liz Neerland
Assistant Director	Dani Givens
Stage Manager	Andrea Krist
Set Design	Josh Cragun
Light Design	Kate Hanson
Sound Design	Jacob Rosene
Costume Design	Andrea M Gross
Chorus	Heather Meyer
Electra	Bethany Ford
Orestes	Brian Hesser
Furies	Ariel Leaf
Apollo	Andrew Chambers
Set Crew	Brian Hesser
Set Crew	Tanya Labao