A TROJAN WOMAN Opens This Friday at Luna Stage
by Stephi Wild
- Mar 14, 2024
Luna Stage will present the National Premiere of A Trojan Woman, a searing solo performance adapted from Euripides by Maplewood resident Sara Farrington, directed by Meghan Finn and starring Drita Kabashi.
Fusion Theatre Stages MEDEA Next Month
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 5, 2024
Fusion Theatre presents MEDEA, an innovative infusion of Euripides’ Greek tragedy with excerpts from Luigi Cherubini’s eponymous opera, exemplifying the company’s signature blend of classic opera with classic plays.Â
ARISTOTLE THINKS AGAIN Extends At La MaMa
by Stephi Wild
- Feb 5, 2024
Following high ticket demand during its original two-week run (Jan. 25-Feb. 4), La MaMa's world-premiere of Chuck Mee's ARISTOTLE THINKS AGAIN – his timely look at chaos and vengeance of the Greek classics as it reflects on the world today – will play two additional performances.
Wright State Theatre Presents Marina Carr's Irish Drama BY THE BOG OF CATS, February 2 â€" February 11
by A.A. Cristi
- Jan 24, 2024
Wright State Theatre will present Marina Carr's Irish Drama, BY THE BOG OF CATS, a furious, uncompromising tale of greed and betrayal, of murder and profound self-sacrifice. Loosely based on Euripides' tragedy Medea, and set on the bleak, ghostly Irish landscape of the Bog of Cats, this provocative drama discloses one woman's courageous attempts to lay claim to that which is hers, as her world is torn in two. This area premiere opens Spring offerings to the public on the Festival Stage.
Photos: First Look at Pittsburgh Opera's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE
by Blair Ingenthron
- Jan 13, 2024
Pittsburgh Opera continues its 2023–24 Season with Iphigénie en Tauride. Composed in 1779 by Christoph Willibald Gluck, and based on Euripides’ great Greek drama Iphigenia in Tauris, it is the powerful Trojan War-era tale of a sister whose duty requires that she kill a man who turns out to be her brother. Check out photos here!
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