Victory Gardens Crip Slam and Notre Dame Present Samson Agonistes
By: Gabrielle Sierra Nov. 10, 2011
Victory Gardens Crip Slam and the University of Notre Dame present John Milton's Samson Agonistes.
Directed by Todd Bauer, Carolyn Demanelis and Ryan Belock
A presentation of Milton's classic featuring a post-performance panel on disability in contemporary society.
Samson Agonistes has the flavor of Greek tragedy, but stars a Biblical hero. Rather than raging against the Olympian deities, Samson calls upon the Christian God to save him. Samson Agonistes is Milton's exploration of his own blindness, which makes this play one of the most enabling texts by an author with a disability.
He achieves his greatest act as a warrior not in spite of his disability, but because of his disability.
John Milton's Samson Agonistes
Sunday, Nov 20 | 7:30pm | $10
TICKETS: Online | 773.871.3000
(TTY 773.871.0682)
Post-performance panel with Todd Bauer, Newberry Library; Stephen Fallon and Essaka Joshua, University of Notre Dame; Carrie Sandahl, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Mike Ervin, Crip Slam, Victory Gardens Theater.
Performed by students from the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame.
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