Kate Mulgrew will replace the previously announced Victoria Clark in Charles Mee's Iphigenia 2.0, the first play in Signature Theatre Company's forthcoming season. Clark had to bow out because of a schedule conflict, according to a news release. Mulgrew will play Clytemnestra in this New York premiere running August 7 through September 30 at Signature's Peter Norton Space off-Broadway, directed by Tina Landau.
Mulgrew most recently starred in Charles Busch's Our Leading Lady at Manhattan Theatre Club and played Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five off-Broadway and on tour. She is known to TV audiences for her starring role in Star Trek: Voyager.
Iphigenia 2.0 is about a great imperial power that decides to go to war, taking an action so wrong that it sets the empire on the road to complete self-destruction. Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek army, must prove to his uncertain troops that the dangerous battle they are about to undertake is righteous and worthy by making the ultimate sacrifice himself. Mee's radical reinvention of the classic play by Euripides examines the costs of war and loss of innocence.
Joining Mulgrew in the cast of Iphigenia 2.0 will be Jimonn Cole Soldier, Will Fowler Soldier, J.D. Goldblatt Soldier, Chasten Harmon Bridesmaid, Jesse Hooker Soldier, Emily Kinney Bridesmaid, Louisa Krause Iphigenia, Tom Nelis Agamemnon, Angelo Niakas Old Greek Man, Seth Numrich Achilles and Rocco Sisto Menelaus.
The design team will include sets by Blythe R.D. Quinlan, costumes by Anita Yavich, lights by Scott Zielinski and sound by Jill BC DuBoff.
