a staged reading
by Mallory Main
translated and adapted from Seneca’s Oedipus
EDDIE
FRASER DICKSON (Eddie) is thrilled to join this talented cast in interpreting such a beautiful rendering of the Oedipus story. Fraser’s most recent Off-Off Broadway appearance was as Claudius in Hamlet (Gallery Players), and he can next be seen as Edgar/Poor Tom in King Lear (The Secret Theatre, Nov. 2027) and Bobby in David Mamet's American Buffalo (Blue Bridge Theatre, Jan 2027).
JO
Hilarie Spangler is an Appalachian musician, music director, teaching artist, and creative arts therapist based in New York City. Hilarie has served as music director for productions throughout New York City, Nashville, and Louisville, and was the Co-Founding Artistic Director of Cardinal Cross Arts Collective. Her recent work, Borrowed Ground, is a 2026 Petri Project with The TEAM.
SAMANTHA / CORA
Claudia Minor Troyer (Samantha/Cora) is thrilled to support Appalachian voices in theatre via the first public reading of this dynamic new translation. Recent credits: Very Fine People: The Battle of Charlottesville (La Mama ETC), A Thousand Stonewalls (La Mama ETC), and Five Dollar Wrench (short film). claudiaminortroyer.com
CRAVEN / DENNIS
Christopher Cosmo (Craven/Dennis) is a New York based actor. He has spent the past several years honing his acting skills and spending as much time on film sets and in theater environments as possible. Christopher is also a skilled ceramicist and writer. He's always looking for ways to enhance and embrace his creative energies.
SOLOMON / FORBES
MARTIN PFEFFERKORN (Solomon/Forbes). Recent Staged Reading: Stonehenge Cult @ Create Theatre New Works Festival. Seen in just about ANYTHING that has been/is being filmed in the Tri-State area, in the past 36+ yrs. Virtual: Co-runner of NYPAGES & SF Drama w/Friends. SAG-AFTRA - YouTube Chnl: nrokp
ANGEL / Stage Directions
R Fenstermacher is an actor, designer, Marylander in the Big Apple, illustrator, history buff, and banjo player. You can find him volunteering aboard ships, painting portraits, or giving talks on polar exploration, Elizabethan clothing, or one of the World Wars. Not all at once, though.
Director, Adapter, & Translator
Mallory Main is a PhD candidate in Classics at NYU. All the Haints of Hades is their first work written for the stage. Previous directing credits include productions of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, Coriolanus, The Tempest, and Hamlet in Lexington, Kentucky and Aristophanes’ Clouds in Tucson, Arizona.
Producer, Stage Manager
Katie Kirk is a playwright and producer. Writing credits include Under Review (Ghost Light Collective, O'Neill semifinalist), The Thallium Murders (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation), ONE HUNDRED BEES (Concord Theatricals). Other: PSM for BENT (OUT/PLAY), 2nd AC for clients including Entertainment Weekly and Ellipsus. Katie really likes hedgehogs. katiejkirk.com
Bronte Amoy, Treyton Blackburn, Alessandro Barchiesi, Hannah Cochran, David Christenson, Jonathan Hall, Theo Swinford, NYU’s Department of Classics, University of Arizona’s Department of Religious Studies and Classics, Fractured Atlas, and A.R.T. / New York.
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