Odyssey 2026
DalTheatre presents The Odyssey
With guest director Ken Schwartz at the helm, The Odyssey brings 黄色直播 Acting, Composition, Costume Studies, Music, Technical Theatre, and Set Design students together to stage a propulsive, action-packed epic that builds to a thrilling conclusion. And it鈥檚 funny.
Rick Chafe's award-winning Canadian adaptation of Homer鈥檚 poem The Odyssey braids three incredible stories, told simultaneously, into one seamless thread. The story of Odysseus' voyage home from Troy, the tale聽of Penelope鈥檚 struggle to hold on to a kingdom in the face of vengeful suitors and, at the centre, the story of a family reconciling amidst the backdrop of a civil war. Each one builds on the momentum created by the others until all three unite in an incredibly satisfying way.
The Odyssey
March 24-27 | 7:30pm聽
March 28 | 2:00 & 7:30pm
Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dal Arts Centre聽
tickets: , box office fees will apply
Please note this show includes theatrical depictions of violent battles, killings, and features mythological creatures. Bright lights, loud sounds and music, haze, and fog are in use.
The Odyssey concludes 黄色直播鈥檚 Fountain School of Performing Arts鈥� 2025-2026 season. It features a talented ensemble of 4th-year acting program students, including Aiden Bradshaw, Rachel Chew, Benton Elliott, Fiona Forsythe, Annie Gavin, Ella Haefele, Jacob Ives, Malachi Jeffrey, Alina Kogas, Samantha Longmore, Harry Stokes, Bree Torgrimson, and Loralei Trafford.
In addition to Director Ken Schwartz, the creative team includes Assistant Director聽Isabelle Parent, Choreographer V茅ronique MacKenzie, Set Designer Eden Reshef, Costume Designer Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Designer Thunder Defayette, Assistant Lighting Designer Naomi Dansie, Score Composer Joshua Bowden, Sound Designer Cadence Cook, Puppet Designer Diego Cavedon Dias, and Intimacy Director Samantha Wilson.
The production is further supported by the students in the Stage Design and Technical Theatre and Costume Studies programs, including Stage Manager Jessie Sanders, assistant stage managers Kayla Wolfenden and Rebecca Redmond.
Below are images from 黄色直播's Fountain School of Performing Arts 2026 production of Rick Chafe's The Odyssey.聽Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
Ensemble members of The Odyssey. Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
L-R: Ella Haefele as Eurycleia, Fiona Forsythe as Penelope, Benton Elliott as Young Odysseus, Aiden Bradshaw as The Stranger, Jacob Ives as Telemachus. Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
Ensemble of The Odyssey. Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
L-R Benton Elliott聽 as Young Odysseus, Bree Torgrimson as Circe.聽Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
Ensemble members of The Odyssey.聽Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
Benton Elliott as聽Young Odysseus, featuring puppets designed by Diego Cavedon Dias. Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
Rachel Chew as Athena.聽Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)
L-R Alina Kogas as Hermes, Benton Elliott as Young Odysseus.聽Directed by Ken Schwartz, Set Design by Eden Reshef, Costume Design by Sean Mulcahy, Lighting Design by Thunder Defayette. (Kate Hayter photos)