Lysistrata

Production Concept ProjectFor English 114

Presented By:Rick Stegeman, Dan Williams, Liv McCausland and Brandt Dye

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Greek for “Army Disbander”Written 411 B.C.First performed in Athens during the first

Peloponnesian WarKnown for use of double entendre and

explicit obscenitiesProduced just two years after Athens’

catastrophic defeat in the Sicilian Expedition

Descriptive Themes:

PrimalSubversive

PoliticalStruggle

Colorful

Representative Visual Art: Anonymous Silk Screen

Poster From Sri Lanka Anti-Violence

Campaign Circa 1973

Musical Representation:

Prologue: Edwin Starr – “War” – Motown Records - 1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2pNCZiNk

Prologue: “A Courtyard in the Acropolis"

Parodos: Choral Episode

Scene Two: Lysistrata and her lieutenants

Costumes: Lysistrata

Costumes: Husband & Magistrate

Music:

Scene One: Aretha Franklin – “Respect”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Onc

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Music:

Scene Three: Righteous Brothers – “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8hjtFq3vE

Music:

Exodos: Marvin Gaye – “Let’s Get It On”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtx2

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Lighting:

Prologue: Soft, Natural Sunlight Scene One: Dark Greens, Shadowy, Cigar

Smoke in the Air Scene Two: Luminous, Warm, Focused on

Illuminating the Beauty of the Women