World Premier
An adaptation of Homer’s classic, Quantum’s An Odyssey explores what keeps us coming back to these ancient tales of a war and of a journey home, expanded in our minds as they are to encompass a whole lifetime’s choices, youth passing to experience, idealism to reality unmitigated. We ask what defines heroism, emphasize female characters who were mere footnotes to the original, and find ample humor. Quantum’s 11th collaboration with Citiparks, the iconic and newly refurbished Schenley Park Ice Skating Rink provides an end-of-summer site to celebrate our 30th Anniversary Season’s kickoff.
SHOWTIMES
August 13 – September 5, 2021
Schenley Park Ice Skating Rink
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Meet the Cast
Sam Turich*
Odysseus
Erika Strasburg*
Nausicaa
Catherine Gowl*
Penelope, Circe
Sam Lothard
Polyphemus, Hermes, King Alcinous
Shammen McCune*
Actea, Gryllus, Siren
Nancy McNulty*
Alcippe, Kratos, Tiresias, Siren
Grace Vensel
Adraste, Polites, Anticlea
Meet the Team
Scenic Design – Narelle Sissons
Lighting Design – C. Todd Brown
Costume Design – Mindy Eshelman
Sound Design – Joe Pino
Fight Director – Randy Kovitz
Installation Artists – Mindy Eshelman and ROY
Production Stage Manager – Cory Goddard*
ASM and Health and Safety Supervisor – Piper Clement
*denotes Actors’ Equity Association member
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Pittsburgh Quarterly - In all the productions I’ve attended over the past several decades, I’ve never seen a playwright attack the play he was adapting in the program notes. Jay…
Local Pittsburgh - THE FIRST THING to realize about Quantum Theatre’s An Odyssey is that it is not a standard re-staging of The Odyssey, the epic adventure fable written 28 centuries ago by…
The Pittsburgh Tatler - Imagine, if you will, one of those old-fashioned TV game shows with two doors. Behind Door Number One is the Odysseus we all know from the…
Entertainment Central Pittsburgh - Quantum Theater kicks off their 30th Anniversary season with Jay Ball’s adaptation of the classic Greek poem, the Odyssey, which he has titled An Odyssey. And isn’t that…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - When Homer was writing “The Odyssey,” he probably wasn’t picturing an ice rink. Thanks to the inventive Quantum Theatre, the Schenley Park ice rink will be transformed…
Entertainment Central Pittsburgh - Is it possible to take the extraordinary for granted? When Quantum Theatre announced its 30th anniversary season recently, the big 3-0 came as a stunner. Quantum,…
Tribune-Review - Quantum Theatre will kick off its 30th anniversary season with the contemporary treatment of an ancient Greek classic. Outdoor performances of Jay Ball’s “An Odyssey,” based on Homer’s epic poem,…
