Introducing "Oedipus"

You've seen the artwork, you've seen some photos ... now let's share with you all the details about our upcoming production of OEDIPUS EL REY, opening May 4. Read more about the show below, and check back soon to read about the artists involved in the production, including biographies, photos, interviews and more!

Miracle Theatre Group is pleased to present OEDIPUS EL REY, written by Luis Alfaro, directed by Elizabeth Huffman and sponsored by Josie Mendoza and Hugh Mackworth

With Chicano swagger and sly sense of humor, Luis Alfaro transports Sophocles’ tragedy to the mean streets of East L.A. Here Oedipus does hard time for ripping off a Costco, Jocasta splashes on the Jean Naté while glued to “All My Children” and the oracle takes cash only. But the word on the street is not good and the passion Oedipus has for one woman will violate our most sacred law.

Winner of the Glickman Playwright Award

Playwright Luis Alfaro Nominated for Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for OEDIPUS EL REY

"Riveting!" — The Washington Post

"Crackles with electricity." — Washington Examiner

"A staging that blends candle-lit spirituality and matter-of-fact brutality into a plausibly raw, modern myth."— Washington City Paper

"Handsome and sharp-edged, Oedipus el Rey is a lean, brutal work of physical poetry." — DC Theatre Scene

"Flows with the rhythm and energy of well-tuned invective." — MetroWeekly

"A beautiful retelling of the quintessential tragedy." — Racialicious

“A spellbinding dance of pain and eroticism…refreshingly light touch to very familiar material” — Los Angeles Times

“Astoundingly real and electrifying” — Backstage.com

“Tender eroticism… cut through with the chill of tragic inevitability” — San Francisco Chronicle

This play, which is presented in English with some Spanish, contains strong language and adult situations. ASL interpretation will be offered at the matinee on Sunday, May 13, 2012

OEDIPUS EL REY plays May 3-26, 2012 at the Milagro Theatre (525 SE Stark St., Portland, OR). Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $15-$29 from 503-236-7253 or www.milagro.org.

OREGON HUMANITIES CONVERSATION SERIES: Miracle Theatre Group will be presenting free conversations immediately following each of the three Sunday matinees, sponsored by Oregon Humanities
Sunday, May 6: “Exploring the myth of fate”
Sunday, May 13: “The lure of gangs”
Sunday, May 20: “A gangster’s destiny”
(Watch for more details on this to be posted over the next couple of weeks!)

CAST
Nick Ortega … Oedipus
*Olga Sanchez … Jocasta
Marco Antonio Garcia-Ballaré … Laius
Ozvaldo González … Creon
José E. González … Tiresius
Anthony Green … Coro (Chorus)
Rick Huddle … Coro (Chorus)
Enrique E. Andrade … Coro (Chorus)

* Member, Actors Equity Association

PRODUCTION TEAM
Luis Alfaro … Playwright
Elizabeth Huffman … Director/Costume Designer
José E. González … Scenic Designer
Kristeen Crosser … Lighting Designer
Sharath Patel … Sound Designer
Kenichi Hillis … Prop Master
Valerie Ditchfield … Costume Assistant
Kristen Mun … Fight Choreographer
Mark Loring .. Scenic Painter
Jason Sipe … Tattoo Artist
Estela Robinson … Production Manager
Andrew Phoenix … Technical Director
Caitlin Nolan … Stage Manager
Autumn Dobbins … Production Intern
Sylvia Malán, Rory Stitt, Tricia Castañeda-González and Adrienne Shelnutt … House Managers
Chazaq Pinto … Art Card Design
Olga Sanchez … Artistic Director, Miracle MainStage
José E. González … Executive Director

Photos by Russell J. Young