Check it out for updated information about the various productions.
www.theismeneproject.webs.com
Two Months To Go!
•March 11, 2011 • Leave a CommentGood Morning Fate Fighters,
Today is March 11, 2011.
That means we are two months away from Ismene’s debut.
Are you ready for it?
We are.
So Fate Fighters, be prepared to become the audience to the world wide take over that is…
ISMENE: 2011
PSA: The Chinched Bistro
•March 10, 2011 • Leave a CommentGood Morning Fate Fighters!
St. Johns Newfoundland has the following PSA:
Public Service Announcement: The Ismene Project and Chinched Bistro host fund raising dinner for theatrical production and Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation
March 31, 2011
Read more about it on their page!
Spent Pencils Studios
•March 9, 2011 • Leave a CommentHello my wonderful Fate fighters!
Today we have a special gift for you. Spent Pencils Studios has drawn some wonderful graphics for Ismene-Las Vegas. Check them out and meet Arnold and Vince and learn more about SPS on the Pencils page. It will be linked through the Las Vegas page.
The People Behind Ismene
•March 8, 2011 • Leave a CommentGood morning all.
I hope you’re continuing your fights against fate and the tragic chorus. I’m writing this morning to let you meet some of the people behind the Ismene Project.
Throughout the entire process there have been some amazing people helping us. For starters, Jeremy Menekseoglu who authored Ismene back in 2004. You’ll get to know him better as you look through the Behind Ismene page.
Another wonderful woman helping us with Ismene is Megan Murphy. Megan is a dramaturg with the Ismene Project. We invite you to meet her on our Behind Ismene page.
Along with Megan and Jeremy, there is a particular theater group that is helping the Ismene Project come together. Circa Pintig is a non profit community arts organization, and they have graciously extended to Ismene 501c3 status. Without them Ismene could not thrive to it’s fullest potential as a breast cancer support fundraiser.You can learn more about Circa Pintig, Megan, and Jeremy in the Behind Ismene page.
So please, we welcome you in. Look around, ask questions, leave comments. But most importantly…
FIGHT LIKE A GIRL!!
Ismene’s Foreword by Jeremy Menekseoglu
•March 8, 2011 • Leave a CommentOriginally this play was to be a retelling of Antigone. I had high hopes of transforming the classic myth into a new story. In this version, Antigone triumphs over Creon’s decree, not by disobeying it or through self-sacrifice, but by following it to the letter. By not only letting Polynices rot outside the gates of Thebes, but by bringing all to see his corpse and tell them his story. By doing this, the people of Thebes would, almost unconsciously, transform the land around his body into a great shrine, far greater than any state burial could provide. I had thoughts of the roses that are left each morning at the door of a murdered director’s Apartment in Moscow. The Teddy Bears and candles alongside the highway. All the places where we come to mourn, hold vigils, and how often they never take place in the cemetery. But, as always happens with any idea that you fall in love with, things got weird. First of all, Antigone was not the heroine for that kind of story. Anouilh describes her in his play as a girl who does not think, only feels. Does not reason, but acts. This girl had no place in my play. Since Sophocles wrote her tragedy 2,500 years ago, Antigone has always been treated as a symbolic champion for The Laws of God over the Laws of the State. It is a story about morals that cannot be questioned. Arguments that cannot be won. Reason that relies on mystical beliefs whether you speak of the will of the gods or the will of the state. They are the same thing. They both rely on human sacrifice whether for good of god or the good of the people. Sacrifice, death, and tragedy, for a god who claims to need blood in order to grow and the life of its children in order to exist? No, Antigone was not the right heroine. But who in the story spoke of reason? Who in the story spoke of life? Who in the story spoke of love and joy? Who spoke of the past as a tragedy and the future as a place of hope? Ismene. So when Antigone dies, Haemon dies, the Queen hangs herself, and Creon is left utterly alone and broken, what happens next? What happens in a world where tragedy only begets more tragedy? Someone will finally have to stand up and say, “no more.” Ismene was written. It is a story of a young girl who has seen too much death and has been forced to take part in a world of misery for far too long. It is a story that deals with the good of man above everything else. A story where we fight for our right to live out our own lives as we choose and not as a plaything of mysticism and prophecy.
Ismene Vegas Has A Home!!
•March 8, 2011 • Leave a CommentIsmene Vegas is coming together fast! We will be performing in the BOX OFFICE in the heart of Las Vegas’ Arts District. It brings in the old days Vegas vibe. This is going to be a fantastic venue for Ismene Vegas, and we are all so excited to grant our audience entrance.
Επιτρέψτε μου Είσοδος
•January 15, 2011 • Leave a CommentWelcome to the Ismene Project. As the title of this blog post states in Greek, I Allow Entrance. Rather, the Ismene project grants you entrance. Entrance into our world of Greek tragedy, hope, and the truth that fate can be fought. For what is a girl to do when Fate and the Tragic Chorus are knocking at your door? Fight like a girl of course!
