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Fraser, Hecht, Marvel, Welch, et al. Set for Orestes Reading

Christopher Evan Welch
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)
Christopher Evan Welch
(© Joseph Marzullo/Retna)

The 92nd Street Y’s Poets’ Theatre will present the world premiere of Anne Carson’s translation of Euripides’ Orestes at 8pm on Monday, April 30. The staged reading will be directed by David Esbjornson; it will be co-produced by Diane Wondisford and the Music-Theatre Group.

The reading will star Elizabeth Marvel as Electra, Christopher Evan Welch as Orestes, Aiison Fraser as Helen, Paul Hecht as Menelaus, Yusef Bulos as Tyndareos, Erik Heger as Pylades, James Gale as the Messenger, Cheyenne Casebier as Hermione, Jeffrey Steitzer as the Trojan Slave, and Priscilla Lopez, Eliza Foss, and Heather Raffo as the Chorus.

Tickets are $18. For more information, call 212-415-5500 or visit www.92Y.org/poetry.

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