A nurse stands before a yellow house onstage

Behold a hero

Herakles

Written by: Euripides
Translation: Anne Carson
Venue / Year: CalArts Black Box Theater / 2024
Direction: Hunter Abal

A soldier returns home; a hero’s welcome collapses into madness.

Lighting: W. Alejandro Melendez
Set: Ember Streshinsky
Costume: Ashley Kae Snyder
Photography: Cad Apostol

The company fills the stage around the yellow house

A blood-covered nurse stands before the family home

A ghostly face is projected across hanging fabric

A house-shaped stage glows red around a seated family

A family sits before a yellow house

Herakles raises his arms before the family home

The family house collapses during Herakles

The house falls

A woman holds a bundle beside the house

Two performers embrace in deep blue light

A lone woman stands before the yellow house