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JIM HARRIS
Androcles reaches out to shake the Lion’s paw
Directing

Director & Fight Choreographer · 2024

Androcles and the Lion

by Aurand Harris

Playwright
Music by Glenn Mack
Role
Director & Fight Choreographer
Produced by
Emporia State University Theatre
Dates
April 19–21, 2024
Venue
To confirm

Aesop’s fable, played commedia-style, on ladders and scaffolding.

The play

Aurand Harris’s play for young audiences retells the fable of the slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw, told in the manner of a commedia dell’arte troupe.

Director’s note

To add · Director’s note

A few sentences in Jim’s voice: why this play, what the production was after, one decision in the room that shaped it.

Company

To add · Design team & cast

Scenic, lighting, costume and sound designers; stage manager; cast list; photographer.

Production photographs