Written by Adrienne Kennedy
Directed by David R. Gammons
Produced by Dana Knox
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 online 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 and Ernest Julius Mitchell
Friday, October 20 with Joan Harris and Professor Glenda Carpio
Saturday, October 21 with Eisa Davis and Professor Monica White Ndounou
“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.
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
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-productions
LOCATION:Farkas Hall, 10-12 Holyoke Street, Cambridge STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20171013T233000Z DTEND:20171013T233000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR