CHRYSOTHEMIS by Meg Braem
Sun, May 10
|https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87005863123
The imagined story of Chrysothemis, the lost daughter in the house of Atreus. She is the only child in the myths who does not have a play accounting her voice…until now. Featuring the full original student cast of the cancelled premieire production at the University of Alberta.
Time & Location
May 10, 2020, 2:00 p.m. PDT
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87005863123
About the Event
The Canadian Play Thing is proud to feature the full original student cast of the cancelled premieire production at the University of Alberta!
HOW TO ATTEND Click the link below at showtime - "doors" 5 minutes prior - latecomers welcome! Audience does not appear on screen. Capacity 100. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87005863123
ABOUT THE PLAY
There is no shortage of war stories which recount the heroism and glory of the battlefield, but war stories can also tell us of valour of a different kind. While monuments of stone and bronze tell us of the ultimate sacrifice of soldiers, there are few statues commemorating their parallel pains: that of family members, often women, who suffered distance and separation, unknowing at home.
Chrysothemis, daughter to the warrior king Agamemnon and his vengeful spouse Clytemnestra, sister to Iphigenia, Orestes and Electra is forgotten like those left longing and wondering. She is known, if known at all, as the…
