Elektra (2022)

Elektra by Sophocles, adapted from Anne Carson’s translation, with a new prologue by Carly O’Brien
Produced at East Central University (2021)

Directed by Carly O’Brien
Assistant Director: Russell McCreary II
Scenic Design: Carly O’Brien
Costume Design: Russell McCreary II
Lighting Design: Xyla Threadgill
Sound Design: Summer Pearce
Production Stage Manager: Russell McCreary II

Summer Pearce as Elektra
Ansley Elliott as Chorus Leader
Ky Miller as Orestes
Autumn Manus as Klytaimnestra
Nicole Erwin as Chrysothemis
Wyatt Stinson as Old Man
Austyn Potter as Aigisthos

(Photography by Heather O’Brien)

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"She begs for justice. She cries for comfort. She never forgets, and she will never forgive."
"She begs for justice. She cries for comfort. She never forgets, and she will never forgive."

Ansley Elliott as Chorus Leader, Summer Pearce as Elektra

"How many times can a heart break?"
"How many times can a heart break?"

Summer Pearce as Elektra

"Never will I leave off lamenting."
"Never will I leave off lamenting."

Summer Pearce as Elektra

"Anyway, the deed is done. I feel no remorse."
"Anyway, the deed is done. I feel no remorse."

Autumn Manus as Klytaimnestra, Ansley Elliott as Chorus Leader, Summer Pearce as Elektra

"My words are guarded, for I am not among friends."
"My words are guarded, for I am not among friends."

Autumn Manus as Klytaimnestra, Ansley Elliott as Chorus Leader, Summer Pearce as Elektra

"He was unrecognizable. Sickening."
"He was unrecognizable. Sickening."

Wyatt Stinson as Old Man

"Oh Elektra, lift your heart! Bad luck can't last forever."
"Oh Elektra, lift your heart! Bad luck can't last forever."

Nicole Erwin as Chrysothemis, Summer Pearce as Elektra, Ansley Elliott as Chorus Leader

"Betrayed, alone, she goes down in the waves; Elektra, grieving for death."
"Betrayed, alone, she goes down in the waves; Elektra, grieving for death."

Summer Pearce as Elektra

"Look how you got smaller, coming back."
"Look how you got smaller, coming back."

Summer Pearce as Elektra, Ky Miller as Orestes, Ansley Elliott as Chorus Leader

"Don't you realize yet that you're talking to dead men alive?"
"Don't you realize yet that you're talking to dead men alive?"

Austyn Potter as Aigisthos, Autumn Manus as Klytaimnestra, Ky Miller as Orestes