Thursday, August 13- Wednesday, 19, 2026 | Edmonton Fringe Festivalgore (i want to disappear)
GREEK TRAGEDY. QUEER FUTURISM. FANFICTION.
Agamemnon kills Artemis’ prize stag. Iphigenia and Cassandra deal with the consequences. Orestes and Pylades go to war. Klytemnestra and Electra weigh revenge as self-care. The Furies drink Gatorade. A contemporary retelling of Aiskolys' THE ORESTEIA written and directed by Elena Belyea.
PLEASE KEEP SCROLLING TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE FOR CONTENT WARNINGS.
CREATIVE TEAM
Featuring:
GEOFFREY SIMON BROWN as Cassandra + Orestes
SARAH EMSLIE as Iphigenia + Agamemnon
KRISTEN PADAYAS as Klytemnestra + Pylades
AUTUMN STROM as Artemis + Electra
Fight and Intimacy Consultation by Morgan Yamada
Movement Consultation by Ainsley Hillyard
Additional Movement Support from Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟
Written and Directed by Elena Belyea
Dramaturgy by Emma Tibaldo
Stage Managed by Claire Sonmor
Assistant Direction by Nicole Maloney
Sensitivity Consultation by Simone Atenea Medina Polo, additional support from Jenna Rodgers.
Additional dramaturgical support from the ensemble (Sarah, Kristen, Geoffrey and Autumn) as well as workshop actors Alex Dawkins and Rochelle Laplante.
Production Design by Elena Belyea
Lighting Design by Whittyn Jason with Elena Belyea
Sound Design by Elena Belyea, Tori Morrison, Autumn Strom
Assistant Producing Angie Bustos
Promo photos by Brianne Jang
With thanks to Jill Connell and It Could Still Happen
SHOW SCHEDULE
Thursday, August 1311:59PM
Friday, August 145:00PM
Saturday, August 1511:15PM
Sunday, August 167:30PM
Tuesday, August 182:15PM
Wednesday, August 199:45PM
Content Warnings (INCLUDES SPOILERS)
Murder, betrayal, grief. Suicide (part of a scene’s action, but not depicted literally). Suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety. A brother asks his sister to kill him (she refuses). Drug and alcohol abuse (vaping, weed, beer). Sex with a strap-on (part of the scene’s action, not depicted literally). Discussions and mentions of penetrative sex (as well as a fear of engaging with it, connected to internalized homophobia). A character discovers she had sex with someone who contributed to the death of her sibling. Mention of a woman being abducted and sexually assaulted (recounted afterwards, not described in detail or depicted) then dismembering her abusers (not described in detail or depicted). A character gets an erection in the presence of a dead body. A mother ends her own life to save her children. Mention of war, war crimes, colonization, and colonial destruction of a land, people and culture. A father encourages a son to hide his queerness. A trans daughter describes delaying coming out, due to feeling neglected by her mother.
By the end of the play, the character who was sexually assaulted and abducted returns home and helps restore her community. The play’s queer and trans characters (except for Iphigenia, who is killed by her father in one of the first scenes) all survive and live long lives. Despite her murder, Iphigenia is okay (she and her mother Klytemnestra enjoy their afterlives).