#  TDM Production: The Owl Answers 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 19, 2017** 

 07:30PM - 07:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Farkas Hall, 10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge**  



 

 



 

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 ![The Owl Answers](/sites/g/files/omnuum6821/files/tdm/files/owl-poster-full.png)

 

 Written by Adrienne Kennedy  
Directed by David R. Gammons  
Produced by Dana Knox

####  PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES

 Farkas Hall

 Friday, October 13 at 7:30pm  
Saturday, October 14 at 7:30pm  
Sunday, October 15 at 2pm  
Thursday, October 19 at 7:30pm  
Friday, October 20 at 7:30pm  
Saturday, October 21 at 7:30pm

 Run time: 1 hour, no intermission.

 Visit the Harvard Box Office [Visit the Harvard Box Office ](https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=tdm) or in person at 10 Holyoke Street to purchase your tickets.

 *The Owl Answers lobby display will be in the Farkas Hall Lobby before and after the performance*. The display contains images and items from the collections at Houghton Library, the New York Public Library, the Chicago Public Library, and Adrienne Kennedy’s personal collection. The display gives a brief production history and contains an exploration of the influences on her work based on her autobiography *People Who Led to My Plays*.

 Brief Post-Show Talkbacks will follow these performances:  
Saturday, October 14 with [Robbie McCauley](http://robbiemccauleyncompany.com/) and Ernest Julius Mitchell  
Friday, October 20 with Joan Harris and Professor Glenda Carpio  
Saturday, October 21 with [Eisa Davis](http://www.eisadavis.com/) and Professor Monica White Ndounou

####  ABOUT THE SHOW

 *“I who am the ancestor of Shakespeare, Chaucer and William the Conqueror, I went to London... I was the only Negro there.”* Clara Passmore, the illegitimate daughter of a white man and a black woman in the American South, struggles to define herself even as she is denied and ostracized by the European culture she idolizes. Unable to claim her father’s heritage and unwilling to accept her mother’s, Clara is caught between time and place; history and myth. Characters and locations morph and overlap kaleidoscopically in this surreal and haunting drama. Kennedy’s experimental masterpiece about race and identity feels as raw and relevant today as when it premiered in 1965.

####  CAST

 SHE who is CLARA PASSMORE who is the VIRGIN MARY who is the BASTARD who is the OWL … Enosa Ogbiede  
BASTARD’S BLACK MOTHER who is the REVEREND’S WIFE who is ANNE BOLEYN … Me’Lisa Sellers  
GODDAM FATHER who is the RICHEST WHITE MAN IN THE TOWN who is the DEAD WHITE FATHER who is REVEREND PASSMORE … Sharmarke Yusuf  
THE WHITE BIRD who is REVEREND PASSMORE’S CANARY who is GOD’S DOVE … Marvin Merritt & La'Toya Princess Jackson  
THE NEGRO MAN … Elijah De’Vaughn  
SHAKESPEARE … Colin McGinn  
CHAUCER … Caleb Spiegel Ostrom  
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR … Jacob Roberts

####  STAFF

 Director … David R. Gammons  
Assistant Director … Aislinn Brophy ‘17  
Dramaturg … Rebecca Curran  
Assistant Dramaturg … Landy Erlick ‘19  
Producer … Dana Knox  
Assistant Producer … Inaara Shiraz ‘19  
Technical & Production Supervisor … Andrew Gitchel  
Technical Director … Joe Mastrangelo  
Graffiti Artist ... Acóma  
Stage Manager … Lauren Burke  
Assistant Stage Manager … Abbie Sage ‘21  
Costume Designer … Rachel Padula Shufelt  
Costume Construction … Becca Jewett  
Assistant Costume Designer … Ali Astin ‘19  
Props Master … Emily Hartig  
Props Assistant … Ben Ubiñas ‘19  
Carpenters … Anna Parker, Shanna Burrows, Patrick Kilgore, Johnny Gill, Hank Brancaccio  
Master Electrician … Frederick Frank  
Electricians … LeeAnna Studt, Ryan Shepard, Rebecca O’Leary, Tyson Miller, Adrien Yuen, Katie Hoolsema, Lily McMurrer, Yasmin Yacoby, Abbey Dutton, Evyn Newton, David Johnson-Carter  
Lighting Designer … Jeff Adelberg  
Light Board Op … Michael Dold  
Sound Designer … David Wilson  
Sound Engineer/Board Op … Ari Kaufman  
Assistant Sound Designer/Engineer … Abigail Ory ‘21  
Scenic Designer … Janie E. Howland  
Scenic Charge … Holly Diaz  
Painters … Courtney Licata, Bree Dagdagan, Rachel Linker, Kristen Kern, Jake Wasson  
Run Crew … Elektra Newman, Andrew Bourque  
Vocal Coac h… Colton Weiss  
Choreographic Assistant … Margaret Canaday ‘20  
Graphic Design … Dan Pecci

 Learn more: [https://tdm.fas.harvard.edu/current-production](/current-productions)



 

 



 

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- [ Theater ](/events/theater)
- [ Dance ](/events/dance)
- [ Media ](/events/media)
- [ Performance ](/events/performance)
- [ The Owl Answers ](/events/owl-answers)
- [ TDM Production ](/events/tdm-production)
- [ On campus at Harvard ](/resources/campus-harvard)
 
 

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