Conceived & Directed by Sherrine Azab & Jake Hooker for A Host of People
Set and costume design by Dorothy Melander-Dayton
Cleopatra Boy brings to light how women (and other non-straight/white/male) leaders’ histories are re-written, maligned, or erased. The iconic Egyptian pharaoh’s historic, mythic, and fictional representations across time inspired our ensemble to create a performance that speaks to the present moment. A theatrical thought experiment that is part pageant, part courtroom drama; our audience will shape-shift from spectators, to community members, to witnesses as we collectively address the injustice of losing control of our own narratives in order to rethink and remake history.
Featuring: Aja Salakastar Dier, Morgan Hutson, Chris Jakob, Costa Kazaleh-Sirdenis, and Eleni theadora Zaharopoulos
Chantel Gaidica (lights), Jake Hooker (projections)
Dance Director: Maddy Rager
Original Music: Costa Kazaleh-Sirdenis
Voice Over: Torri Lynn Ashford
Additional Text: Kamelya omayma Youssef
Cleopatra Boy was made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.