Performed September 13-15, 2012 at The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology & Anthropology as part of the 2012 Philly Fringe Festival.
A play-within-a-play version of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. An Egyptian expatriate gets caught between two revolutionaries—her fiancé, an activist director who tries to upend his commissioned Shakespeare production, and her brother, a nationalist fresh from the violence of Tahrir Square.
Written by Pete Barry & J. Michael DeAngelis
from original text by William Shakespeare
Original Music by Rebecca Kotcher
Designed by Olivia Rutiligano
Stage Managed by Jeanette Elstein
Production Managed by Kelby “Bee” Reed
Produced in association with The Underground Shakespeare Company
Directed by J. Michael DeAngelis
Click here to see photos from the original production.
The Cast
| Devin Plantamura | … | Kitt Marsh | ||
| Orysia Bezpalko | … | Nassima | ||
| Dustin Karrat | … | Gamal | ||
| Aaron Dinkin | … | Lawrence Elemegreen | ||
| Hannah Van Sciver | … | Olivia | ||
| W.G. | … | Cleopatra | ||
| Dan Wolfe | … | Marc Antony | ||
| Barry Slaff | … | Octavius Caesar | ||
| Rebecca Kotcher | … | Charmian/Singer | ||
| Sam Apfel | … | Iras | ||
| Elaine Ogden | … | Octavia Caesar/Canidius | ||
| Amelia Williams | … | Enobarbus | ||
| Noah Levine | … | Lepidus | ||
| Nick DiStefano | … | Proculeius | ||
| Megan McMonigle | … | Soothsayer | ||
| Ruslan Zagatskiy | … | Demetrius | ||
| Jeremy Berman | … | Philo | ||
| Chantelle Belic | … | Scarus | ||
| Rachel Weinberg | … | Mardian | ||
| Lauren Frazier | … | Dollabella | ||
| Zach Burchill | … | Roman Guard |