Ulysses
and Ulysses 101
adapted from James Joyce by Jessica Wright Buha and Aileen Wen McGroddy
Left to right: Rachael Miller, Gregory Peters, Isaac Samuelson, James Snyder, and Alexis Randolph in Ulysses 101
About Ulysses
This play was first adapted from the James Joyce as Ulysses 101 for a site specific performance at the University of Chicago in 2014, then re-worked as Ulysses, produced by The Plagiarists at the Berger Park Coach House in 2016. Lead by a trickster Professor, students in a college lecture hall transform into characters from the book, ingeniously transforming the space into settings in Dublin on June 16th, 1904. Following Joyce, the play’s form shifts to illuminate its content in each of the eighteen episodes. Contemporary colloquial language weaves into text pulled from the source material to unfold this story about loneliness, love, and dignity.
“HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
The Plagiarists production of Ulysses left me wanting to read James Joyce and marvel in the ordinary that is extraordinary of my own life.”
CAST (Ulysses 101)
David Fink as Leopold Bloom
Rachael Miller as Molly Bloom and others
Gregory Peters as The Professor
Alexis Randolph as Buck Mulligan and others
Isaac Samuelson as Blazes Boylan and others
James Snyder as Stephen Dedalus
PRODUCTION (Ulysses 101)
Director: Aileen Wen McGroddy
Playwright/Adaptor: Jessica Wright Buha
Composer and Music Director: John Szymanski
Production Designer: E. L. Hohn
Puppet Designer: James Snyder
Stage Manager: Katie Mae Garcia
Producers: Kate Welham and Elizabeth Rice
Photos of Ulysses 101 by Joe Mazza of Bravelux
University of Chicago, 2014
CAST (Ulysses)
Christopher Donaldson Cardenas as The Professor
David Fink as Leopold Bloom
Ashley Fox as Molly Bloom and others
Charlotte Long as Gertie McDowell and others
Isaac Samuelson as Blazes Boylan and others
Sheridan Singleton as Buck Mulligan and others
James Snyder as Stephen Dedalus
PRODUCTION (Ulysses)
Director/Adaptor: Aileen Wen McGroddy
Playwright/Adaptor: Jessica Wright Buha
Composer and Music Director: John Szymanski
Costume Designer: Emma Cullimore
Set and Props Designer: Derik Marcussen
Sound Designer: Melissa Schlesinger
Lighting Designer: John Jacobsen
Stage Manager: Jordan Weed
Production Manager: Gregory Peters
Assistant Director: Christina Casano
Photos of Ulysses by Joe Mazza of Bravelux
The Plagiarists at Berger Park, 2016
Ulysses 101 (2014)
Left to right: David Fink as Leopold Bloom, Gregory Peters as The Professor, and Isaac Samuelson in Ulysses 101
Left to right: Gregory Peters, Isaac Samuelson, James Snyder, David Fink, Alexis Randolph, and Rachael Miller in Ulysses 101
Left to right: Isaac Samuelson and Alexis Randolph in Ulysses 101
David Fink as Leopold Bloom in Ulysses 101
Left to right: Isaac Samuelson, Rachael Miller as Molly Bloom, and Alexis Randolph in Ulysses 101
Ulysses (2016)
Left to right: Isaac Samuelson, Christopher Donaldson Cardenas, Ashley Fox, James Snyder, Sheridan Singleton, David Fink, and Charlotte Long in Ulysses
Christopher Donaldson Cardenas as The Professor in Ulysses
James Snyder as Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses
Ashley Fox as Molly Bloom in Ulysses
Sheridan Singleton in Ulysses
Left to right: Sheridan Singleton, Charlotte Long, David Fink, and Christopher Donaldson Cardenas in Ulysses