Charlestown Working Theatre Presents THE ODYSSEY & THE BACCHAE, 9/14-15

Charlestown Working Theater and Whistler in the Dark Theatre join forces this September to present a special two-week festival featuring encore performances of two highly acclaimed productions. All the Journeying Ways, running from September 14th-25th at the Charlestown Working Theater, will feature the CWT's two-actor interpretation of The Odyssey and a re-explored version of Whistler's 2009 season production of The Bacchae.

This two-week celebration of two of ancient Greece's most revered writers takes stories and characters we have embraced over the centuries and breathes new life into the tales we think we know. During its 2011-12 season the Charlestown Working Theater is focusing on presenting the work of several excellent Boston-based companies. These companies include Orfeo Group, Whistler in the Dark, Theatre on Fire, and Beau Jest Moving Theater. During it's 2010-11 season CWT presented five international projects. Last year CWT's The Odyssey toured to Yerevan Armenia as part of an exchange with Armenia's National Center for Aesthetics.

"After a great season of international projects we are really excited and interested in turning our focus to extraordinary artists in our hometown" states Jennifer Johnson, CWT Co-Director and actor/director of The Odyssey.

"It is particularly exciting to us to be able to revisit our staging of The Bacchae in collaboration with our friends at the Charlestown Working Theater," says Artistic Director Meg Taintor. "Both of these productions explore epic sagas and huge emotional journeys in the close confines of one of Boston's most intimate theatres."

All the Journeying Ways opens September 14th at the Charlestown Working Theater..

WHEN: September 14-25, 2011
WHERE: Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill Street* Charlestown MA
TICKETS: General Admission: $20; Students: $10
INFORMATION: 617.242.3285 or online at www.charlestownworkingtheaterorg
BOX OFFICE: Phone: 866-811-4111 or online at www.charlestownworkingtheater.org

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