Iris

A Play in Two Acts
by Kevin Kautzman
from IPHIGENIA 2.0 by Charles Mee
3F / 5M * 102pg
© 2010

Synopsis

Iris believes it’s her wedding day and couldn’t be happier, but in reality her father has conspired to sacrifice her to appease his demanding soldiery, well meaning men who will only go to war upon seeing their leader offer up that which he holds dearest.  Based on Charles Mee’s IPHIGENIA 2.0, itself based on Euripides’ IPHIGENIA AT AULIS, IRIS examines the high price of an unjust war and questions our assumptions about the nature of marriage, leadership, and history itself.

Premiere
IRIS premiered at Red Eye in Minneapolis, MN in October of 2010 under the direction of  Steve Busa, music by Eric Mayson, and with the following cast:

Aaron….. John Lilleberg
Iris….. Celeste J. Busa
Lillian….. Melanie Wehrmacher
Manny….. Bruce Abas
Brian….. Cody Sorensen
Old Man….. Robert Hammel
Governess….. Miriam Must
Young Soldier….. Eric Powell Holm

Review
“… an intriguing and well-executed staging.”
Rob Hubbard, Saint Paul Pioneer Press

Development

> IRIS was commissioned by Red Eye in the summer of 2010 and written with the support of a 2009-10 Jerome Fellowship from the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis.

Recognition

> 2010 Best Playwriting, Lavender Magazine

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Photoset by Liz Josheff

[1] Large Promo Image
[2] Medium Promo Image
[3] 2010 Red Eye Postcard (Avye Alexandres)

A Note on the Script

IRIS is an adaptation of an adaptation, and in the spirit of Charles Mee’s work, I have placed the script online through the link below, along with links to IPHIGENIA 2.0 and a translation of the original IPHIGENIA AT AULIS.

IRIS
Charles Mee’s IPHIGENIA 2.0
Euripides’ IPHIGENIA AT AULIS in Translation
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