PhotosPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at the McCarter's Phaedra BackwardsMariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann are among the cast of McCarter Theatre's world premiere staging of Marina Carr's Phaedra Backwards.
By
Matthew Blank
November 04, 2011
They share an exclusive look backstage and invite readers to see how the company celebrated Halloween and weathered the October Blizzard of 2011.
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at the McCarter's Phaedra Backwards
PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Backstage at the McCarter's Phaedra Backwards
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann are among the cast of McCarter Theatre's world premiere staging of Marina Carr's Phaedra Backwards. They share an exclusive look backstage and invite readers to see how the company celebrated Halloween and weathered the October Blizzard of 2011. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Get me to the Greek: Mariann arriving at the theater to transform into a dead Ariadne.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Ariadne’s Halloween menagerie. Favorite being the screaming clown. (costume sketch by Anita Yavich)
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Wigs make the myth.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Paparazzi in the wig room: Susan Blommaert as Nanny rocks!
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Angel Desai’s (Pasiphae) dressing room. Rendering of the infamous cow that seduces the white bull is seen to the left.
Caught you! Hey, Jake… what are you doing in Angel’s dressing room?
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Ummm what can one say? What actors are asked to do sometimes! Pasiphae (Angel Desai) getting into position to seduce the white bull. Seen with Susan Blommaert (Nanny) and Christopher Coucill (Inventor).
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Randall Newsome waiting in the wings to go on stage as the enchanter Theseus.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Jake Silbermann and Julienne Hanzelka Kim seen backstage.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Jake Silbermann and Julienne Hanzelka Kim ready for their close-up.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Stephanie Roth Haberle (Phaedra) going towards the light.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Sean Haberle as Minos facing off with the child Minotaur (Noah Hinsdale). Angel Desai has her arm around the Noah Hinsdale and Susan Blommaert is comforting Alexandra Erickson.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Stephanie Roth Haberle hanging from the meat hook as The Dead attack. It’s complicated…
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
No bull! Julio Monge plays a Minotaur, Phaedra’s half-brother, in Marina Carr’s Phaedra Backwards.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Two of the amazing examples of pumpkins from McCarter’s annual pumpkin carving that were displayed outside of the theatre.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
And here's the other.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
A member of Occupy Phaedra Backwards at the After Dark Party with Jake Silbermann.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Randall Newsome peeking out from behind the skull curtain.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
The Young Ensemble celebrate Halloween: Alexandra Erickson, Noah Hinsdale, Elsa Rodriguez and Hope Springer.
Mariann Mayberry and Jake Silbermann
Mariann surviving the blizzard of the October blizzard of 2011! Come visit us at the McCarter. We're here through Nov. 6!
The cast comprises Susan Blommaert, Christopher Coucill, Angel Desai, Sean Haberle, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Mariann Mayberry, Julio Monge, Randall Newsome and Jake Silbermann. Members of the Young Ensemble are Alexandra Erickson, Noah Hinsdale, Elsa Rodriguez and Hope Springer.
About the production, a McCarter commission, director Emily Mann said in a statement, "Marina Carr has written an aural and visual poem, telling an ancient story in modern terms – poetic, fractured, and deconstructed. As a director, I lie awake at night dreaming about this play and the visual world it evokes. I am thrilled by the immense power of the piece and excited to introduce our audiences to such innovative work."
The design team includes Rachel Hauck (set design), Anita Yavich (costume design), Jeff Croiter (lighting design), Mark Bennett (original music and sound design), Peter Nigrini (projection design) and Peter Pucci (movement director). The production stage manager is Cheryl Mintz.
Tickets for Phaedra Backwards start at $20 and can be purchased online at www.mccarter.org, by phone at (609) 258-2787, or in person at 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ.
