![]() Thursday, July 10th through Saturday, August 9th The Historic Lankershim Arts Center Ovation Award Eligible LAStageAlliance.com |
In 2008, the award-winning, critically acclaimed Athena Theatre entered its fifth season, presenting Mary Zimmerman’s astounding theatrical experience Metamorphoses, based on the Greek myths of Ovid.
Metamorphoses opened in New York in 2001 and in Los Angeles at the Mark Taper Forum in 2002. What is extraordinary about the play is that its scenes are played in and around a swimming pool. This is not only an innovative concept for theatre, one that definitely attracts an older and younger audience alike, but artistically adds unforgettable touches of beauty for all that see it. The stories in Metamorphoses are the most exciting and astonishing ever written. They are full of comedy, tragedy, pathos, laughter, tears, passion, violence, grief, regret and redemption. Six male and six female actors portray such characters as Midas, Eros, Bacchus, Zeus, Aphrodite, Ceres and Psyche. To quote the Wall Street Journal, “Funny one moment, achingly sorrowful the next, Metamorphoses somehow manages to both lift you out of the moment you?re living in and speak to it with piercing directness.” |
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Starring
Brett Aune as Vertumnus and others Sally Conway as Alcyone and others Robin Dalia as Nursemaid and others Sara Beth Lane as Aphrodite and others West Liang as Orpheus and others John A. Lorenz as Phaeton and others Billy Mayo as Erysichthon and others Veronique Ory as Eurydice and others Guy Perry as Hunger and others Gugun Deep Singh as Midas and others Tania Verafield as Myrrha and others Playwright: Mary Zimmerman |
REVIEWS
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Award winning playwright Mary Zimmerman?s adaptation brings together some of Ovid?s mythical characters around a symbolic pool, where at various times narrators tell stories of the gods as they frolic, laugh, love and even sometimes die. The amazing set construction coupled with music, sound effects and visuals create an idyllic setting where a committed ensemble takes us into the realms of Zeus, Midas, Eurydice, Alcyone and others presenting us with those segments of their myths that have endured centuries?the best judge is the public who attends, and we heard many patrons describe their reactions with one common word as they exited – Beautiful” – Reviewplays
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