The Penelopiad
by Margaret Atwood
University Players, U of Windsor, 2019
Working with students is a very special privilege. The class of 2019 at U of Windsor contained some fierce young women who haunted Margaret Atwood’s Hades with relish. They are:
Michelle Blight - Maid/Menelaus/Suitor
Jordan Boscariol - Maid/Anticleia/Suitor
Katy Chapman - Maid/Oracle/Suitor
Siobhan Cooper - Maid/Eurycleia
Melissa Evenden - Maid/Icarius/Suitor
Sarah Hagarty - Maid/Antinous
Shayla Hudson - Maid/Odyseeus
Sofie Jarvis - Maid/Helen
Jaqueline Karabatsos - Penelope
Avery MacDonald - Maid/Naiad/Suitor
Leah Morris - Maid/Telemachus/Suitor
Serena Paesano - Maid/Laertes/Suitor
Nicole Smieja - Maid/Melantho
photo: Okeem Lennon
Jaqueline Karabatsos as Penelope photo: Okeem Lennon
Maids force Penelope to play their game. photo: Okeem Lennon
The Wedding Banquet photo: Okeem Lennon
Sofie Jarvis as Helen photo: Okeem Lennon
The Wedding Night l-r: Penelope (J. Karabatsos) and Odysseus (S. Hudson), with onlookers photo: Okeem Lennon
Sailing to Ithaca, Avery MacDonald as Naiad with Maids, Penelope (J. Karabatsos), Odysseus (S. Hudson) photo: Okeem Lennon
Weaving, Penelope (J. Karabatsos) and Maids photo: Okeem Lennon
Penelope (J. Karabatsos) tells the history of Helen and Paris (S. Jarvis, L. Morris) photo: Okeem Lennon
Wily Odysseus (Shayla Hudson), with Circe (Sarah Hagarty) at centre. photo: Okeem Lennon
Jaqueline Karabatsos as Penelope photo: Okeem Lennon
Telemachus' Return l-r: Melissa Evenden, Siobhan Cooper, Nicole Smieja, Leah Morris, Avery MacDonald photo: Okeem Lennon
Jaqueline Karabatsos as Penelope photo: Okeem Lennon
Un-Weaving, Penelope and Maids. photo: Okeem Lennon
The Unpleasant Banquet, l-r: Nicole Smieja, Sarah Hagarty photo: Okeem Lennon
The Unpleasant Banquet, l-r: Nicole Smieja, Avery MacDonald, Sarah Hagarty, Katy Chapman, Melissa Evenden, Michelle Blight, Shayla Hudson photo: Okeem Lennon
The Unpleasant Banquet photo: Okeem Lennon
The Maids beg Telemachus (Leah Morris) for their lives photo: Okeem Lennon
Jaqueline Karabatsos as Penelope with Maids photo: Okeem Lennon
Jaqueline Karabatsos, Shayla Hudson as Penelope & Odysseus, with Maids photo: Okeem Lennon
We're All Here Too! Penelope and the Maids in Hades photo: Okeem Lennon
Director: Kelli Fox
Set Designer: David Leugs
Costume Designer: Agatha Knelson
LIghting Designer: Kirsten Watt
Choreographer: Monica Dottor
Composer: Suba Sankharan
Asst. Director: Rachel Offer
Stage Manager: Morgan Corbett
Music Director: Sarah Hagarty
Dance Captain: Serena Paesano
Fight Captain: Melissa Evenden
photo: Okeem Lennon