The Handmaid's Tale Educator Materials

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BLESSED BE THE FRUIT … OF THE RESISTANCE.

In a dystopian future, fertile women deemed sinful are forced into child-bearing servitude by an extremist theocratic regime. Resistance is nearly impossible — but necessary. Based on the landmark literary work by Margaret Atwood.

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SYNOPSIS

Deprived of her rights, her child and even her name, a woman known simply as Offred starts to rebel against a regime bent on female subjugation.

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Educator Materials

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Additional media

The New York Times: Review: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Is a Brutal Triumph as Opera
Boston Lyric Opera: Opera in the Golden Age of the Feminist Dystopia

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CAST

Offred	Sasha Cooke
Aunt Lydia	Sarah Cambidge
Serena Joy	Michaela Martens
Offred's Commander	James Creswell
Offred Double	Abigail Levis ^*
Janine/Ofwarren	Katrina Galka ^*
Ofglen	Rhoslyn Jones
Offred’s Mother	Nicole Birkland
Rita	Sara Couden ^*
Nick	Brenton Ryan
Doctor	Matthew DiBattista ^*

CREATIVE

Conductor	Thomas Søndergård ^*
Production	John Fulljames ^*
Set Designer	Chloe Lamford ^*
Costume Designer	Christina Cunningham ^*
Lighting Designer	Fabiana Piccioli ^*
Projection Designer	Will Duke ^*
Chorus Director	Ian Robertson

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