Pandora

Lindsey Higgins Director	Jim Alexander Set Designer	Erin Fauble Lighting Designer	Michelle Handley Costume Designer
Sophie Harrington Stage Manager	Lorraine Slone Fight, Intimacy, Movement Director	Paige Stone Props Master	Rew Tippin Sound Designer

Cast

Rebecca Ho Pandora

Caitlin Ort Actor 2

From the Director

The myth of Pandora’s Box is considered one of the most descriptive myths of human behavior in Greek mythology. Ancient Greeks used this myth not only to instruct themselves about the weaknesses of humans, but also to explain several misfortunes of the human race.

The heart of Sarah Bierstock’s Pandora is a fast talking, quirky, deeply curious child with a particular interest in global warming and climate change. Tomorrow is her first day at Smarty Pants Academy, a gifted and talented school, but she bears the weight of the world and in the midst of an anxious episode of the “Heebie Jeebies” Pandora is often unable to catch her breath. Her well-worn suitcase is an anchor to keep her grounded, focused, and determined to complete her secret mission. It was essential our production represent the complexity and unpredictability of a young person’s experience. Our conversations as a creative team centered on how to get inside Pandora’s world and look out from behind her eyes. Children are some of the most unique, misunderstood, and infuriating creatures on the planet. One moment they’ll astonish you with words of wisdom beyond their years, and the next, they’ll exasperate you with their stubbornness.  I wanted to create a world directly from Pandora’s perspective alive with adult figures and experiences fantastically larger than life.