Looking for Mariam, 1613

Premiere on YouTube on Sunday, April 28th, 2024 at 7:00pm

Looking for Mariam, 1613: A documentary film

Shakespeare famously wrote for an “all-male” stage, but it is less well-known that early modern Englishwomen also wrote plays and took part in making theatre in a variety of ways. Around the same time as Shakespeare was writing Othello, one of his female contemporaries, Elizabeth Cary, wrote a play about Mariam, the second wife of King Herod of Judea. First printed in 1613, Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam explores issues such as the ethics of divorce, the threat of women’s public speech, the dangers of defying tyrants, the norms of dramatic convention, and the construction of racial stereotypes.

This full-length documentary film, LDP's eleventh production, explores The Tragedy of Mariam's critical history and its possible futures, featuring performance as well as interviews from leading scholars around the world. Written and produced by students enrolled in ENGL 4520.02: Special Topics in Shakespeare under the direction of Prof. Elizabeth Kolkovich of OSU Mansfield, Looking for Mariam, 1613 uses distance learning to bring the high-impact LDP experience to OSU's regional campuses for the first time. The film will premiere on the Department of English YouTube channel on Sunday, April 28th, 2024 at 7:00pm, with a talkback to follow with the cast/crew at 8:30pm.

Cast and Crew↓

CAST

• Mariam | Ellie Rogers , OSU alumna 2016: Theatre major.

• Herod | Antony Shuttleworth , Assistant Professor of English

• Salome | Jenny Morrison, OSU alumna 2022: English and Theatre major.
• Constabarus | Justin Dillhoff-Carr, a graduate student, College of nursing.
• Pheroras | Niko Georgakopoulos, a senior majoring in English.
• Graphina | Vivian Shenberger, a senior majoring in English.
• Doris | Emma Traylor, Academic Advisor, OSU alumna 2021: Arts and Science College.
• The Chorus | Cat McAlpine, OSU alumna 2014: English and Linguistics.

CREW

• Director | Elizabeth Kolkovich , Associate Professor of English

• Assistant Director and Stage Manager | Tamara Mahadin , Phd Candidate in English.

• Executive Producer | Sarah Neville , Associate professor, English and Theatre, Film, & Media Arts

• Video Editor | Doug Dangler , Manager, Digital Media Studio at OSU.

• Producers and writers:
  • Michi Coleman.
  • Sophia Dunkes.
  • Jocelynn Fyffe.
  • Kealy Ghezzi
  • Kayla Klautsch
  • Emily Koza
  • Rachel Miracle
  • Mayson Mullins
  • Julian Papania
  • Diane Probst
  • Jeremiah Rivers
  • Clara Robinson
  • Jasmine Robinson
  • Serenity Rowland
  • Vivian Shenberger
  • Sophia Wood