the vote: bacchae
chosen by the audience
written by euripides
directed by mike donahue
choreographed by rebecca alaly
original music & music direction by sarah pickett
august 1-11

Closing out the season is The Vote: Bacchae, a production of Euripides’ The Bacchae that the SC07 audience owns—it was selected by a wide margin from among three plays by the Summer Cabaret audience, voting online and with paper ballots.

In an extraordinary step beyond normal audience participation, the voting didn’t stop there—the audience picked the staging location (Cabaret garden and the black box theatre space), liquids to be used in the production (wine and honey), as well as a special dessert for the menu (Dionysus’ Molten Chocolate Cake)! See all the voting results.

Dionysus, god of wine, revelry, sex and theater, has returned to Thebes and expects to be worshiped. Pentheus, king of Thebes, would rather die than worship an effeminate foreigner with no heavenly credentials – he may get his wish. Erotic, physical, messy, violent and exciting, The Bacchae is an enduring classic with contemporary resonance.

View rehearsal photos of The Vote: Bacchae and listen to Composer/Music Director/Sound Designer Sarah Pickett sing The Gods Are Crafty, one of many original songs featured in The Vote: Bacchae




Who’s On What:
Director – Mike Donahue
Choreographer - Rebecca Alaly
Set Designer – Zane Pihlstrom
Lighting Designer – Ji-Youn Chang
Costume Designer – Anya Klepikov
Composer / Music Director / Sound Designer – Sarah Pickett
Line Producer – Michael Glen Barker
Stage Manager – Iris O’Brien
Assistant Stage Manager – Jen Shaw
Technical Directors – Thomas R. Delgado & Kyoungjun Eo

With:
Rebecca Alaly (Semele / Thyone)
Eric Bryant (Pentheus)
Brian Burns (Cadmus)
Teresa Avia Lim (Teiresias / Agave)
Barret O’Brien (Dionysus)
Luke Robertson (Chorus Leader)

Photo by: Erik Pearson