DIRECTING
PORTFOLIO
BLISS, OR EMILY POST IS DEAD
By Jami Brandli
Bucknell University
It's 1960 in North Orange, NJ. Clytemnestra and Medea are now housewives with a pill addiction, and Antigone is the teenage girl next door who is in love with a black boy. On the surface, they're seemingly blissful to follow the "rules” of Emily Post, the American author famous for writing on etiquette. But that's just the surface. Then Cassandra, a black working girl, moves into their neighborhood and all routines are interrupted. Can Cassandra convince these women they now have choices in this modern era? That they don't have to live a doomed existence? Can all four women escape their ongoing fate?
PRODUCTION REEL
PHOTO GALLERY
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Brooke Echnat
Videography & Editing: Caio Jordao
Stage Manager: Grace Lostak-Baker
Scene Design: F. Elaine Williams
Costume Design: Paula D. Davis
Lighting Design: Titus O’Neil
Sound Design: Health Hansum