Aeschylus's
The Suppliant Women
in a version by David Greig
with music by John Browne
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Beer Garden
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Thanks to our amazing audiences!
The production (now closed)
A unique immersive event staged in PORT Park.
Kick off the night at 6:00 with Live Music, Entertainment, and a Picnic in our pop-up Beer Garden featuring BearMoose Brewery. Aloe Natural, Kushala Sip, and Orlando's Fully Baked are joining us with their culinary delights.
This production is presented in collaboration with the City of Chelsea and Teatro Chelsea.
Major Support from MassDevelopment, The City of Chelsea, Chelsea Heritage Grant Celebrations, and the Chelsea Cultural Council. Sponsorship support from MassPort and Encore Boston Harbor.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Chelsea Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Chelsea Heritage Grant Celebrations was established by the City of Chelsea and the Chelsea Cultural Council, funded by Encore Boston Harbor, to support a broad range of cultural events such as street fairs, art shows, festivals and related activities such as murals, sculptors and film series that promote the community’s heritage, quality of life, recreation and cultural activities.
Thanks to all who are making this event possible!
If we help, we invite trouble. If we don’t, we bring shame.
Fifty women board a boat in North Africa. They flee across the Mediterranean, leaving everything behind. They are escaping forced marriage in their home and seeking asylum in Greece. Written 2,500 years ago, The Suppliant Women is one of the world’s oldest plays. It’s about the plight of refugees, about moral and human rights, and democracy. It tells a story that echoes down the ages to find striking and poignant resonance today. Featuring in performance a chorus of local women, this is part play, part ritual, part theatrical archaeology. It explores fundamental questions of humanity: who are we, where do we belong and, if all goes wrong, who will take us in?
"Aeschylus speaks directly to us in David Greig’s electrifying adaptation." - The Guardian
Actor Spotlight
Paola Ferrer
Paola Ferrer (Danaos) recently appeared in Lunch Bunch, her fifteenth collaboration with Apollinaire Theatre. Recently, she graced the stage as Gertrude in the co-production of Hamlet by ATC and Teatro Chelsea, as well as ATC's production of Dance Nation (recognized as the Boston Globe's theater reviewer's Top Theater Production of 2023). She cherishes her role in Don't Eat the Mangos (nominated for 4 Norton Awards!), a production that allowed her to celebrate her Puerto Rican heritage. Notable favorites in her repertoire include The Good Body (Hub Theatre of Boston), Two Mile Hollow, Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise (ATC), Radium Girls (Flat Earth Theatre), The Good Person of Setzuan (Fort Point Theatre Company), and Blood Wedding (Escena Latina Teatro). Paola resides in Stoughton with her husband, Camilo, and their two beloved pups, Dahlia & Orchid.
“And Your Little Dog Too” (or, “Y Tu Perrito También”), is an adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz” by local treasure Brooks Reeves, which will be directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques, one of the most creatively thrilling visionary directors working in New England today.- DigBoston
Actor Spotlight
Brooks Reeves
Brooks Reeves (King) recently wrote and appreared in And Your Little Dog Too • Y Tu Perrito Tambien. He also played multiple roles in The Importance of Being Earnest (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Ensemble). Other Apollinaire roles:The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Ensemble), Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Three Sisters, The Visit, Hamlet (as Hamlet, and Hamlet as Claudius), Brilliant Adventures, Midsummer, From White Plains, Blood Wedding, and the Norton winning Stupid Fucking Bird. Brooks has worked with the Golddust Orphans (Legally Blind: The Hellen Keller musical), with Bridge Rep (Julius Caesar, The Libertine), Stoneham Theater (Neville's Island), Company One (An Octaroon, Shockheaded Peter), Central Square Theater (Arabian Nights), Zeitgeist Stage (Love! Valour! Compassion!, Bent, Boys in the Band), Hub Theatre of Boston, Brown Box, Happy Medium, and Bad Habit Productions. He made his Boston area directing debut at Apollinaire with Winter Solstice by Roland Schimmelpfennig, and directed The Christians by Lucas Hnath in 2019 and Hir by Taylor Mac in February 2020, co-directed with Wild Swimming in 2022, and directed The Antelope Party this past season.