<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=31ijFm_16yNLGW700" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=31ijFm_16yNLGW700" width="1200" height="800" ><figcaption>Indigo Fish (‘22) brings to life the story of the Iliad as The Poet. Photo courtesy of The New Minowa Players</figcaption></figure>From Nov. 6 through 9, The New Minowa Players Theatre presented An Iliad, a one-person show starring Indigo Fish (‘22) under the direction of Alexander Rosenow. An Iliad is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad performed by just one character, The Poet. Homer’s Iliad is an epic poem, detailing the story of Achilles, Prince Hector and the Trojan War, originally written in the 8th or 7th centuries BC. This retelling by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare was published in 2014.The Poet speaks directly to the audience weaving moments of modern conversation into the context of an ancient story with the goal of, according to The New Minowa Players’ play description, “illuminating the human cost of conflict with breathtaking urgency.”This goal was achieved when it came to audience member Viktoriia Paripa (‘28), an international student from Ukraine.“Because of having [the] experience of living through the war, I feel like it was very impactful seeing the human side of the war,” Paripa said. “I like how it was playing around the fact of how war feels for an individual. Like [how war feels for] a warrior, how wars feel for a woman who is losing her husband [and] how war feels for an old man waiting for his son.”Paripa appreciated how the play “felt personal” and “very deep,” forcing the audience to ponder, “the whole purpose of why we’re going to war. Is it natural to be in war?”The questions posed by An Iliad acted as a siren call for many. Fish stated that even though she had never done a one-person show, when it came to this production her decision “was more a feeling than a thought,” and that “something in the story was asking to use her voice.”“[An Iliad’s] pulse beats with something raw and urgent, a warning, a confession, a whisper from some ancient part of our shared psyche,” Rosenow said. “The story has been waiting for us to listen.”When asked what part of the play stood out the most to him, Rosenow referenced a moment at the end of the show in which The Poet lists all known and recognized conflicts that have taken place in history with growing anger and hysteria.“That was what made me think, oh my gosh, I need to do this. This is the perfect show for our current climate, especially different wars going on,” said Rosenow.That pivotal moment, as well as the several times The Poet asks the audience to repeat the iliad or ‘song’ of the Trojan War, contribute to the message of calling for peace. Rosenow’s hope is for the audience to take away that same theme. “War is bad, knock it off,” Rosenow said. “Unless it’s justified through liberative struggle, other than that, just please stop. Please stop occupying, please stop killing, hurting all of these innocent people who die from all these wars. It’s done, we’re done with that. I think we’ve passed that as a society.”An Iliad is not the last show in the New Minowa Players’ 50th anniversary series! To learn more about future shows or how to support the local theatre, visit newminowaplayers.org.</div></body>

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From Nov. 6 through 9, The New Minowa Players Theatre presented An Iliad, a one-person show starring Indigo Fish (‘22) under the direction of Alexander Rosenow. An Iliad is a retelling of Homer’s Iliad performed by just one character, The Poet. Homer’s Iliad is an epic poem, detailing the story of Achilles, Prince Hector and the Trojan War, originally written in the 8th or 7th centuries BC. This retelling by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare was published in 2014.

An Iliad: A Single Voice Pleading For Peace

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From Nov. 6 through 9, The New Minowa Players Theatre presented An Iliad, a one-person show starring Indigo Fish (‘22) under the direction of Alexander Ros

An Iliad: A Single Voice Pleading For Peace

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