The Getty’s Villa Theater Lab presents

Cassandra knows the future. She can see disasters on the horizon. And no matter what she says or what she does, no one believes her. Her city will fall. Her family will die. And so will she. She could change it all if only anyone would listen. How does one person get the world to hear?

Join us for a work-in-progress showing of Cassandra, an Agony. Commissioned by the J. Paul Getty Villa Museum’s Theater Lab, this original physical theater work is a kinetic adaptation of the Greek myth of Cassandra, a woman gifted with knowledge of the future yet cursed never to be believed.

Cassandra, an Agony asks the questions “How do we think about the future? How do we act in the face of overwhelming catastrophe? What do we do when we can see impending disaster but are powerless to do anything about it?”

“Believe me or don’t
The future is coming.”

Join us at the Getty Villa Theater Lab for this work-in-progress presentation April 30th - May 1st, 2022.

Tickets available March 29, 2022.

For booking inquiries, contact Amanda Cooper.

Directed by
Jonathan Levin

Written by
Josh Luxenberg
with Nessa Norich

Movement Director
Nessa Norich

Performed by
Jin Maley*
Nessa Norich
Jen Anaya°
Anthony Nikolchev
Paul Outlaw

Additional devisors
Javon Q. Minter°
Erik Lochtefeld*°

Additional text
Jonathan Levin

L.A. Stage Manager
Megan Crockett

Scenic Design
Kristen Robinson

Lighting Design
Kirsten Opstad

Sound Design
M. Florian Staab*

Consulting Producer
Amanda Cooper

Line Producer
Henri Sudy
KS Management

Cassandra, an Agony was commissioned by the J. Paul Getty Museum

Development of the project took place at residencies with Mt. Tremper Arts and the Orchard Project.

Development of the project in New York was made possible with additional funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

New York City-based development of the project is also sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).