Eugene O'Neill's

MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA

April 2nd - 27th, 2014

With the searing pain that only family can inflict, O'Neil adapts Aeschylus' Oresteia into a timeless American tragedy. Lock the door, nail down the shutters, and prepare for the ancient to collide with the modern as Quintessence presents all three parts of O'Neill's trilogy, promising an epic and devastating theatrical experience you will never forget. 

REVIEWS

“O’Neill classic staged powerfully at Mt. Airy theater…”
- Chestnut Hill Local

“It’s one of those small miracles the theater sometimes brings.”
- City Paper

“The real hat-tip goes to the production itself, a piece whose cast builds its characters steadily and surely, is unafraid of the transparent melodrama that O’Neill used to his advantage, and understands how to finesse the messiness of a plot that turns on dimes throughout its full dollar’s worth of time.”
- WHYY

“There are plenty of things to thrill over in Quintessence Theatre Group’s stirring, and impressively-performed, Mourning Becomes Electra.”
- Phindie

“The behavior and motives of every character on the Quintessence stage remains clear throughout, and Burns knows how to build suspense.”
- Neal’s Paper

ENSEMBLE

Andrew Breving
Adam Brant / Abner Small

Alan Brinks
Peter Niles

Josh Carpenter*
Orin Mannon

Janis Dardaris*
Christine Mannon

Terence Gleeson*
Seth Beckwith

Mattie Hawkinson*
Lavinia Mannon

Robert Jason Jackson*
Ezra Mannon / Chantyman / Mackel

Erin Mulgrew
Hazel Niles

CREATIVE TEAM

Alexander Burns
Director / Set Design

John Burkland
Light Design

Jane Casanave
Costume Design

Kaki Burns
Assistant Costume Design

Steven Cahill
Original Music & Sound Design

Ian Rose
Fight Director

Carolyn Fast
PSM