Metamorphoses
By Mary Zimmerman
Based on the Myths of Ovid
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Thursday, July 10th through Saturday, August 9th
Thurs-Sat at 8PM; Sun at 2pm
The Historic Lankershim Arts Center
5108 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
“Technically, of course, water is not the element in which we humans usually move. Ms. Zimmerman makes you see it as our truest natural environment: the place in which dreams and reality, the primal and the particular melt and merge, devastate and console.” – Ben Brantley, New York Times
August 1, 2008…Los Angeles…The award-winning, critically acclaimed Athena Theatre is entering its fifth season, proud to present their first production for the 2008 season, 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.”
Playwright: Mary Zimmerman
Director: Patrick Varon
Movement Director: Adria Dawn
Production Stage Manager: Kevin Jordan
Assistant Stage Manager: Monica Greene
Set Design: Stefan Depner
Lighting Design: Johnny Ryman
Costume Design: Kaori Mita
Projection Design: Eric Silva
Sound Design: David B. Marling
Composer: Andrew Edwards
Properties Design: Elspeth Weingarten
Publicity: Don Grigware
Postcard Design: Jeremy Asher
Starring
Brett Aune as Vertumnus and others
Sally Conway as Alcyone and others
Robin Daléa 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
General Admission $20 presale on-line
Or $25 cash only at the door
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Reservations: 818-754-1423
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