"This is no industry showcase unless, of course, these people are completely out of their minds."
Steven Leigh Morris on Brad Mays' acclaimed and controversial 1997 production of
Euripides' The Bacchae which was nominated for three LA Weekly Theatre Awards
including Best Director.
Opening Ritual
Richard Werner as Dionysus
Soldier does battle with holy Maenad (Melissa Hellman)
Pentheus (Jonathan Klein) interrogates Dionysus
Maenads do battle with Pentheus' army
Dionysus (Richard Werner) seduces Pentheu
Pentheus (Jonathan Klein) in drag
Agave (Lynn Odell) confronted by Cadmus (Will Shepherd) & Tieresias (William Dennis Hunt
Tieresias (William Dennis Hunt) gives his prophesy of doom
Production Credits
Directed by
Brad Mays
Produced by
Lorenda Starfelt
Screenplay By:
Brad Maysfrom the play by Euripides
Co-Producers
Kelly Rose Molloy, Mark Ryan
Executive Producer
Kimberley Speer Miller
Cinematography
Jacob Pinger
Edited by
Brad Mays
Production Designer
Reiko Kobayashi
Art Direction
Johanna Vivstram
Costume Design
Celeste Hines
Camera Operator
Paul Mayne
Gaffer
Daniel H. Goldstein
Theatrical Lighting
Leif Gantvoort
Decorator
Suzan Katcher
Stunt Coordinator/Sword Master
Mark Ryan
First Assistant Director
Alex Korp
Second Assistant Director
Darrin O'Connor
Second Unit Director
Ryan
Sound Mixer
Alan B. Samuels
Boom Operator
Todd Curtier
Casting
Lisa London
Catherine Stroud
Makeup
Mary Brunner III
Emily Spiegel
Visual Effects
Robert Chapin
Whip Choreographer
Roberta Brown
Rigger Stunt Wire
Luke LaFontaine
Script Supervisor
Beth Multer
Wardrobe Assistant
Rachel Rudloff
Choreographer
Natasha Starbuck
Production Coordinator
Devon Terrill
Cast
Lynn Odell as Agave
Will Shepherd as Cadmus
William Dennis Hunt as Teiresias
Ramona Reeves as Priestess
Robert Chapin as Guard
Terrence J. Rotolo as Captain
The HOLY BACCHAE:
Amy Amerson
Amy Arnell
Elyse Ashton
Charlotte Ballas
Lauren Bergen
Anita Bergman
Windy Morgan Bunts
Lucca Collins-Cona
Catherine Cummings
Amy Davenport
LaSchanda DeVaughn
Leanne Fonteyn
Erika Gardner
Frances Hearn
Melissa Hellman
Nancy Lee
Jessica Magnuson
Collette Mann
Kiersten Morgan
Kimberly Paris
Sarah Peters
Vanessa Robertson
Vicki Schmitt
Alisha Seaton
T.C. Smith
Camille Waldorf
Jenna Z. Wilson
Pentheus' Soldiers:
David Bakor
Payson Burt
Charles Currier
Mike D'Asaro
Kit Davlin
Jason Hewitt
Kevin Moran
Marc Antonio Pritchett
Micheal Sloane
Spike Steingasser
Alex Van Amburg
