T+C: A riff on Shakespeare, Troy
and the War on Love  2005

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Cressida finally surrenders to her love for Troilus.
Chase Korte and Nicole Joy Brunsvold as Troilus & Cressida
 
Hector calms the mad Cassandra
Craig Michael and Jen Rand as Hector and Cassandra
 
The Final Battle.
Trojans vs. Greeks. Photo by Usry Alleyne.
 
Patroclus and Achilles choose another day in Achilles' tent over the battlefield.
Ben Tallen as Patroclus and Wade Vaughn as Achilles. Photo by Usry Alleyne.
 
The company buries the dead.
One of the shows choral odes created from text in the Iliad. Photo by Usry Alleyne.
 
In autumn of 2005 , MSP presented a new re-working of Shakespeare's Troilus & Cressida. The production was born of a four-month exploration of Shakespeare's text, Homer's Iliad and our own experiences of living during war time.

T+C tells the story of two young people trying to tread the unknown terrain of first love, against the backdrop of humanity's iconic war.

The production ran from November 11-19, 2005 at the Cedar-Riverside People's Center in Minneapolis.

T+C was supported by an artist initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board that was granted to MSP Artistic Director Diane Mountford.

 

 

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Cast & Crew

Orit Ackerman - STAGE MANAGER
Nicole Joy Brunsvold - CRESSIDA
Ben Chadwick - AJAX/ AENEAS/ MARGARELON
Aaron Greer - DIOMEDES
Wu Chen Khoo - LIGHTING DESIGN
Chase Korte - TROILUS
Joe Meichsner- THERSITES/ Agamemnon
Craig Michael - HECTOR
Diane Mountford - DIRECTOR
Don Preston - FIGHTS
Lori Opsal - COSTUME DESIGN
Jen Rand - CASSANDRA
Elizabeth Sibley - ANDROMACHE
Ben Tallen - PARIS/ PATROCLUS
M. Scott Taulman - PANDARUS/ Calchas
Wade A. Vaughn - ACHILLES
Michael Whitney - SOUND DESIGN
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.


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