Cleopatra Boy

Cleopatra Boy brings to light how women (and other non-straight/white/male) leaders’ histories are re-written, maligned, or erased. The iconic Egyptian pharaoh’s historic, mythic, and fictional representations across time inspired our ensemble to create a performance that speaks to the present moment. A theatrical thought experiment that is part pageant, part courtroom drama; our audience will shape-shift from spectators, to community members, to witnesses as we collectively address the injustice of losing control of our own narratives in order to rethink and remake history.

Conceived & Directed by Sherrine Azab & Jake Hooker
Featuring: Aja Salakastar Dier, Morgan Hutson, Chris Jakob,
Costa Kazaleh-Sirdenis, and Eleni theadora Zaharopoulos

Designed by Chantel Gaidica (lights), Dorothy Melander-Dayton (sets & costumes),
Jake Hooker (projections)
Dance Director: Maddy Rager
Original Music: Shane Chapman and Costa Kazaleh-Sirdenis
Voice Over: Torri Lynn ashford
Additional Text: Kamelya omayma Youssef

Cleopatra Boy was made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and additional support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Now available to tour! Subsidies available through the NEFA National Theater Project Creation & Touring fund! Contact Sherrine Azab for more information.