Dante 360 Program
The show will run for approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes minutes with a 20 minute intermission. Concessions will be open before, during and after the show.
A Note from the creator of Dante 360
Welcome to the Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture.
You are currently sitting in our Historic Main Stage Theatre, originally built in 1911. As you look up to the top of our proscenium, you will see a wonderful depiction of Dante and Beatrice from The Divine Comedy. This medallion centerpiece was much of my inspiration for creating the show.
Dante’s work and the philosophical underpinnings of The Divine Comedyhave made a profound contribution to modern thought and culture, though most of us don’t realize that. I wanted to find a way to pay homage to Dante, and make the text more accessible to a contemporary audience.
November is a month in the Catholic tradition that we remember those who came before us. Today we remember those who originally built this space, and carry on the legacy of Dante Alghieri.
Thank you for being here. Please enjoy the show. I hope to see you in the Paradiso after the show!
Cheers,Lawrence Daufenbach
Founder & Executive Director
Director’s Note
Dante 360 is a unique blend of personal story, narration, dramatization, and exquisite music—all drawn from a masterpiece of poetic composition, The Divine Comedy.
True to Dante’s goal of offering his poetic work as a path to redemption through immersion in beauty, the Athenaeum’s signature production strives to enrich our experience of the meaning of life and our journey through it with a spiritual depth of compelling hope and beauty.
We are grateful to you for coming to celebrate beauty with us! We invite all of you to become more immersed in our vision and community at the Athenaeum. Help us to multiply shared encounters with beauty that can transform our world and fill it with joy and hope by donating to “360” immersive events like this.
—Peggy Garvey
Associate Artistic Director
ACT 1 – INFERNO
Scene 1 Inferno: Canto I
Scene 2 Inferno: Canto III
Scene 3: Inferno Canto IV
“Quivi Sospiri” by Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1576)
Scene 4 Inferno: Canto V
“Cosi nel mio parlar” by Luca Marenzio (1599)
Scene 5 Inferno, Canto XXXII
“Anthony O’Daly, op. 16 no. 2” by Samuel Barber (1942)
ACT 2: PURGATORIO
Scene 1 Purgatorio, Canto V
Scene 2 Purgatorio, Canto X
Scene 3 Purgatorio, Canto XI
“Ego humilitas” by Hildegard von Bingen
Scene 4 Purgatorio, Canto XVII & XVIII
Scene 5 Purgatorio, Canto XXX
“Tota Pulchra Es Amica Mea”
ACT 3: PARADISIO
Scene 1 Paradisio, Canto 1
“Sanctus”
Scene 2 Paradisio, Canto II, III & VII
“Sing We at Pleasure” by Thomas Weelkes (1598)
Scene 3 Paradisio, Canto X
Scene 4 Paradiso, Canto XXIV
“O Quanto E Corto” by Lars Edlund (1995)
Scene 5 Paradisio, Canto XXXI
“Salve Regina” by Jean Le Brun
Scene 6 Paradiso, Canto XXXIII
“To Be Sung Of A Summer Night On The Water” by Frederick Delius (1917)
Crew
Stage Manager Rachel Henneberry / Assistant Stage Manager Naava Ofri-Akman / Production Manager Mike Goebel / Lighting Designer Angela Kvitek / Sound Designer Steve Labedz / Projection Designer Andres Fiz / Costumer Rosalie Arends / Choreographer Sarah Hensley / Scenic Designer Kevin Hagan / Lighting Board Operator Sarah Knoke / Audio Head Florence Borowski / A2 Emmett Wickersham / Master Carpenter Kieran O’Connor / Rail Operator Malia Hunter / Props Grace Reynolds / Electricians Ish Peterson, Sarah Knoke, Jesse McKenzie, Jason Shivers, Chase Barron / Carpenters Bobby Barnett, Orlando Diaz, Reese Sheldahl, Kevin Scott, Naava Ofri-Akman, Blaine Mcbroom, Parker Callais, David Moreland, Jesse McKenzie, Michael Tsaltas / Stagehands Emmett Wickersham, David Camargo, Grace Renolds, Levi Denton-Hughes, Sydney Coffey
Sheen Circle
St. Alphonsus Parish
James and Molly Perry
Ted and Sally Smith
Dante Circle
Sally Blount
Kenneth and Barbara Kaufman
Noel and Michele Moore
Dennis and Laura Quaid
Scruton Circle
Franz and Melia Berkemeier
Alietia Caughron
David Cavicke
Michael and Lois Harring
Tom Brusstar and Susan Hasegawa
Don and Dorsey Jastrebski
James J. and Mary F. Keil
Thomas and Emily Kelly
Taylor Luiso
Evan and Alex Lutomski
Lauren and John Paul Mulhern
William and Melanie O’Hara
Neal J. and Jennifer A. Reenan
Brian and Lytle Smith
Joseph and Mary Clare Starshak
