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The Maid of Orleans (a k a Joan of Arc) translated into the modern-day world of TV preachers, suicide bombers and romantic dramas that forever remain the same.

Aida Karic, a young Austrian director with a style all her own, transformed Schiller’s classic work into a contemporary interpretation that prominently features musical and visual elements. The cast consisted of actors, musicians and Gospel singers. This production transported its audience to a militarized society charged with a dangerous combination of religious zeal and ultra-nationalism. A young woman named Joan Dark rejects her conventional role and challenges the established order. Only to fail in the end.


WHAT // Theater
WHEN // June 15 and 17-20, 2009
WHERE // Hafenhalle09

Director & Adaptation: Aida Karic
Training & Choreographic Consultant: Eddy Ocampo
Training Assistant: Isaiah Alatorre
Set Design: Collette Pollard
Lighting Design: Keith Parham
Costume Design: Ola Kica
Composer: Jorge Sánchez-Chiong
Production Stage Manager: Jamie Wolfe
Stage Manager: Kathleen Petroziello
Dramaturgy: Megan O’Donoghue
Assistants to Ms. Karic: Rachel Walshe, Kristin Leahey
Company Manager: Kelly Ann Gray
Assistant Production Manager: Matthew Chandler
Cast: Phillip James Brannon, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Chad Hoeppner, Lawrence Lacey, Michael Medeiros, Linsey Page Morton, Paul Niebanck, Okwui Okpokwasili, Wendy Robie
Singers: Queenie Lenox, Sirgourney Tanner, Roberta Thomas
Musicians: Steven Hess, Joseph Mills, Jason Stein

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