Elizabeth Baron and Mikylah McTeer orchestrate a piercing rendition of the epic Agamemnon, whose themes of war, revenge, victory, justice, and the endless cycle of violence prove chillingly relevant to our world today. In a gripping harmony of action, text, and original violin composition, the duo traverses the arc of Agamemnon’s return to his neglected country and queen, and the consequences that await the triumphant.
Using Ted Hughes’ translation of Agamemnon, as the base, Baron adapted and culled from myriad other translations, resulting in a singularly accessible, poetic and illuminating text.
On stage, Baron single-handedly breathes life into the tragedy’s characters with the accompaniment of Dr. McTeer’s violin. Chorus, queen, and oracle beckon us into a world where our shadows take graceful and gruesome shape. Our fears and unconscious instincts awakened, we consider the wide breadth of roles we each are capable of playing in our society and our ongoing human drama.
Elizabeth Baron has performed internationally for more than 20 years. Her approach blends "psychological" acting with Lecoq-based Movement Theater. She is a member of Actors Equity who acted professionally in NYC, performing in Off-Broadway and regional theater productions, before moving to Colorado to earn her MFA in Actor-Created Physical Theater from Naropa University/London International School of the Performing Arts (LISPA.) For the past 6 years, she has been based in Boulder, Colorado, creating collaborative theater as an actor, musician, writer, director, and teacher. Most recently, she directed 52 Pickup, awarded "Best of Fest" in the 2008 Boulder International Fringe Festival. In 2010, she joins the faculty of Giovanni Fusetti's international theater school, which she has helped to create – Helikos: Scuola Internazionale Di Creazione Teatrale, in Florence, Italy.
Dr. Mikylah Myers McTeer is Assistant Professor of Violin at West Virginia University, where she maintains an active chamber music and solo performance schedule. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has called her performances "energetic and virtuosic." She was formerly the violinist of the Red Shoe Piano Trio at Fort Lewis College and the violinist of the Moores Piano Trio in Houston, Texas, which was the silver prize winner at the 2000 Carmel Chamber Music Competition.
Dr. McTeer has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary.
Dr. McTeer has performed internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary.
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