Greek theatre in the modern era presents its challenges. Huge themes and legendary characters are fitted into a lyrical style millennia old. There are really two roads to travel in production, embrace the size and antiquity, or adapt and find ways to replace the rhythm and poetry.  In a second production of Elektra for Will Hollis Snider, continuing a fascination for the Greeks cultivated in undergrad at Texas State University, the style was created through modern dance. Using only two pieces of fabric, a dagger, and an urn the entire Oresteia was told in 80 packed minutes featuring almost thirty minutes of dance.

Elektra was the first show that we really worked together on more ore less as collaborators than in a traditional actor/director role. It was as 70/30 collaborators as the concept and design had lived in Will’s head for some time already, but Elektra was where we began to create the vocabulary of creation that we still use. It is also the first show for which Amanda Gass joined us, as well as April Perez, Lynn Burnor, Jessica Kincer, and Anaka Shockley who would work with us on later projects.