Director: Ivica Buljan

Special Guest Artist: Marko Mandić

Production: La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

English Translation: Adam Paolozza and Coleen MacPherson

Music Composer: Michael Sirotta 

Light Designer: Mike Riggs 

Costume Designer: Ana Savić Gecan

Dramaturge: Zishan Ugurlu 

Additional Music: Yukio Tsuji and Heather Paauwe

Assistant Light Designer: Alejandro Fajardo

Assistant Director: Arthur Adair 

Company Coach: George Drance 

Cast:

Great Jones Repertory Company:

Athene…………………………………… Maura Nguyen Donohue

Eumenides, Soldier …..Eugene the Poogene

Chorus, Vocalist……………….Cary Gant

Boy, Foreigner ………………….John Gutierrez

Chorus, Maidservant, Woman, Vocalist ……..Valois Mickens

Orestes ……………………………………Tunde Sho

Chorus, Messenger ……….. Chris Wild

Electra ………………………………….Mia Yoo

Old Man, Peasant ………….. Perry Yung

Musicians ……………………….. Michael Sirotta (Musical director), Heather Paauwe (violin), Yukio Tsuji (Shakuhachi)

Pylade, a play by the celebrated and controversial Italian director, poet, playwright, journalist and politician Pier Paolo Pasolini, addresses weighty topics such as democracy, consumerism, the new mob mentality and the struggle for social change. Pasolini based his verse tragedy, which he began writing in 1966, on Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy. The play centres on the idea of renewal – of social norms, political structures and religious beliefs. The New York premiere production of Pylade was rapturously received, its success in large part due to the excellent cast assembled by renowned Croatian director Ivica Buljan and headed by Marko Mandić, one of the leading lights of Slovene theatre, in the title role.