PENELOPE

music and lyrics by ALEX BECHTEL book by ALEX BECHTEL, GRACE MCLEAN & EVA STEINMETZ directed by EVA STEINMETZ

Alex Bechtel Orchestrator, Author

Buffy Cardoza Props Designer

Daniel Kelly Music Director

Oona Curley+ Lighting Designer

Rebecca Kanach+ Costume Designer

Jo Fernandez* Stage Manager

Palmer Hefferan+ Sound Designer

Casting Calleri Jensen Davis (James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis)

Ligature Creative Key Art

PENELOPE was developed, in part, through the Founders’ Club Residency as part of the Orchard Project (www.orchardproject.com), Ari Edelson, Artistic Director.

This production is supported in part by SHS Foundation

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, HVSF, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

+Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE.

**Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited.

A re-imagining of the story of The Odyssey from the point of view of a character often relegated to the margins of the story, Penelope is a musical love letter to all those who wait: For someone they love. For something they believe in. And hope that the wait will end well. An intimate and explosive music theater piece, Penelope invites the audience to join in a ritual act of storytelling to release the pent-up grief, anger, love and longing that are so familiar after the last three years.

Director & Bookwriter’s Bio

Eva Steinmetz

Eva Steinmetz is STOKED to be under the tent for the first time. A Philadelphia-based theater and film director, her work straddles the ordinary and extraordinary. Most notably she directed and co-wrote The Appointment with Lightning Rod Special. Other collaborations include Josephine Decker, Alexandra Tatarsky, Theatre Horizon, The Polyphone Festival, Sarah Knittel, Tommy Butler, and Johana Kasimow. As Artistic Producer for the Pig Iron Theater Company, she’s developing Digital, Film, & Interactive performances.