Guest Artists For The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

You may see this title and wonder, “Is GHDT doing a story ballet about Hester Prynne and her sins?” The answer to that question is, nope! Gregory Hancock adapted the literary classic analogically to tell the story of the legendary Marilyn Monroe and her struggles with the cruel and bitter side of Hollywood glamour. A bold and contemporary portrayal, GHDT’s The Scarlet Letter presents Marilyn as an allegory, a symbolic representation of beauty turned inside out. On top of that, the entire 45 minute piece is all to classic Annie Lennox songs, including ‘Walking on Broken Glass’ and ‘No More “I Love You’s”‘. Don’t miss the return of this fan favorite piece, along with the premiere of The Violin Under The Bed on October 7th and 8th at The Tarkington!

Guest Artists

The company is thrilled to have two guest artists joining us for this show.

Katrina Meske

Katrina Meske is originally from Riga, Latvia. She has performed with GHDT before, the last time being in 2009 for the premiere of Romeo and Juliet At The Disco. She is currently touring the country with Riverdance. She’ll join the company in rehearsal starting September 8th to portray the lead role in The Scarlet Letter — Marilyn Monroe.

Richard Link

Richard Link is originally from Los Angeles, California. He received his pre-professional ballet training with South Bay Ballet, as well as dancing summers at Milwaukee Ballet and Joffrey Ballet. He began his professional career as a trainee with Kentucky Ballet Theatre. From there, he joined Nashville Ballet’s second company where he danced the past two seasons. Richard is joining the company to perform in The Scarlet Letter as Katrina’s leading man.