THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY VIRGINS AGAPE, CHIONIA, and HIRENA BY HROTSVITHA THE NUN OF GANDERSHEIM, AS TOLD THROUGHOUT THE LAST MILLENNIUM BY THE MEN, WOMEN, SCHOLARS, MONASTICS, PUPPETS, and THEATER COMPANIES (LIKE THIS ONE) WHO LOVED HER, OR: DULCITIUS
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THE MARTYRDOM asks: how do you solve a problem like Hrotsvitha? More specifically, how do we solve her 10th century comedy about three Christian virgins who triumph over the Devil by accepting their violent, corporeal deaths as a shortcut to eternal happiness with their Celestial Bridegroom? This raucous adaptation is a road trip through the last millennium with the people (and puppets) who have asked themselves this same question — in hopes that someone else might have the answer.
THE MARTYRDOM was presented in repertory with Nadja Leonard-Hooper’s THE COLLISION. Commissioned by Two Headed Rep, THE MARTYRDOM was adapted and developed in collaboration with Molly Clifford featuring translations of Dulcitius from the Medieval Latin by Lizzie Fox.
TWO HEADED REP
dir. Molly Clifford
January 2023
featuring:
Lizzie Fox
Halima Henderson
Layla Khoshnoudi
Emma Ramos
Assistant Direction by Erica Zippel Schnitzer
Scenic Design by Cate McCrea
Costume Design by Nicole Slaven
Lighting Design by Cheyenne Sykes
Sound Design by Margaret Montagna
Props/Puppet Design by Liz Oakley
Fight Direction by Cristina (Cha) Ramos
photos by Ashley Garrett
