The Frogs

March 29, 1974 · Yale Repertory Theatre
Directed by: Burt Shevelove · Literature: Aristophanes · Costume Design: Jeanne Button · Production Design: Michael H. Yeargan
Aristophanes's Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus (Larry Blyden), who, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, travels to Hades (the underworld) to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. He brings along his slave Xanthias (Michael Vale), who is smarter and braver than Dionysus.
Cast & Characters
Larry Blyden (Dyonysos), Michael Vale (Xanthias), Dan Desmond (Herakles), Charles Levin (Charon), Ron Recasner (Hierophantes), Alvin Epstein (Aeakos), Carmen de Lavallade (A Handmaiden, an Inkeeper's Wife), Stephen R. Lawson (An Inkeeper), Jerome Dempsey (Pluto), Jeremy Geidt (William Shakespeare), Anthony Holland (Bernard Shaw), Joseph Costa, Jonathan Marks, Gil Rochon 3rd, Paul Schierhorn (Guards), Christopher Brown, Darryl Hill (Fleabaggers)
Performers

The Singers: Joan Berliner, Peter Bogyo, Alma Cuervo, Franchelle Stewart Dorn, Christopher Durang, Beth Hatton, Brock Holmes, Richard Larsen, Stephen R. Lawson, Susan LeFevre, Robert Picardo, Ron Recasner, Gil Rochon 3rd, Stephen Rowe, Jeremy Smith, Kate McGregor-Stewart, Meryl Streep, David Thomas, Scott lmer, Bob Van Nest, Sigourney Weaver, Donald Woodall

The Dancers: Diana Beishaw, Linda K. Harold, Ron Porter, Nora Peterson, Diana Raffman, Susan Strasburger, Alfonso Wilson, Kathryn Woglo