Mary Petrie(I)

(July 2 to 18, 1981) She played Chryseis in Euripdes, Aeschylus, Homer and Sophocles' play, "The Greeks," in the Williamstown Theatre Festival production at the Main Stage in Williamstown, Masaschusetts with Emery Battis (Old Man); Donald F. Berman (Pylacles); Kate Burton (Artemis, chorus); Mary F. Byrd (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands, chorus); Blythe Danner (Aphrodite); Marilyn Esper (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Derek Evans (Patroclus); Elisabeth Fox (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Anthony Goldwyn (soldier); Elizabeth Gordon (Briseis); Lizzie Gottlieb (Her son); Jean Hackett (woman of Argos, Troy and other Lands); Laura Halper (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Francis W. Hankey (soldier); Roxanne Hart (Iphigenia); Jo Henderson (Hecuba); Edward Herrmann (Apollo); Judith Hogg (slave); Celeste Holm (Athene); Bjorn Johnson (soldier); Jane Kaczmarek (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Chris Kavanaugh (Astyanax); Leslie M. Laurier (Eucleia); Dinah Lenney (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Sagan Lewis (woman of Troy, Argos and other lands); Frank Maraden (Talthybius); Roberta Maxwell (Electra); Richard Maynard (soldier to Menalaus); Carolyn McCormick (Hermione, woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Donald Moffat (Agamemnon); George Morforgen (Peleus, Odysseus, King Polymester); Jeanne Morissey (Chrysothamus, woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Emily Nash (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Robert Nugent Jr. (tyrant's son); Carrie Nye (Helen); Gwyneth Paltrow (Young Orestes, Polydorus); Pamela Payton Wright (Cassandra); Michael Quill (soldier); Jessica Rausch (slave); Christopher Reeve (Achilles); Judith Anna Roberts (Thetis, chorus leader); Meghan Robinson (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands); Dwight Schultz (Aegisthus, Thoas); Tony Spiridakis (solider); Josef Summer (Menelaus); Maria Tucci (Andromache); Jack Wetherall (Orestes); Cliff Weissman (soldier); Jane White (Clytemnestra); David Wilkins (soldier); Jack Yankee (soldier) and Diane Zaremba (woman of Argos, Troy and other lands) in the cast. The musicians included Nathan Hurwitz (conductor); Kevin Arthur (Mandolin); Susan Edwards (flute); Mary Hastings (trumpet); Charles Kubert (percussion); Tom O'Connor (bazoukie); Grant Parker (bass); Jeff Perry (clarinet); Bob Pierce (trumpet); Scott Sherman (percussion); Wade Russo (piano) and Matt Silverman (guitar). Nikos Psacharapoulos was artistic director and director. John Conklin was setting and costume designer. Pat Collins was lighting designer. Randolyn Zinn was choral movement director. Norman L. Berman was composer. Nathan Hurwitz and Michael O'Flaherty were additional music composers and arrangers. Marjorie Phillips was vocal consultant. Gregory Boyd was assistant director. Deborah Brown and Tom Fontana were casting directors. Julia Gillett was stage manager. Scott LaFeber was assistant stage manager.