This misguided attempt to thwart divine will leads to catastrophe.Īs the Greek army lies stagnant on the silent shores of Aulis, King Agamemnon is faced with a harrowing decision. King Pentheus, fearing the ensuing disorder, imprisons him. As revenge for a personal slight, he begins to spread his cult among the people of Thebes. Dionysus, the god of wine, ritual madness, fertility, and theater, arrives in disguise at his birthplace in Greece.
Packed with striking scenes, frenzied emotion, and choral songs of great power and beauty, Bacchae endures as one of Euripides's greatest surviving works. With music by Cliff Eberhardt and co-produced by Maryland's Round House Theatre. Director/adaptor Aaron Posner creates an irreverent, spiritual, musical exploration about the wounds we carry, the ones we cause, and the redeeming power of human connection. But now Odysseus needs Phil's magic weapons to win the Trojan War and enlists Achilles's daughter Nia to help make peace. The wounded Philoctetes (Phil) has suffered alone on a desert island for years, stranded there by Odysseus. No sequin will be spared!Ī bold new version of Sophocles's timeless tale of hurting-and healing. Set to a mash-up of Liza Minnelli's greatest hits, the talented Troubie triple-threats perform song and dance for a deliciously irreverent romp. Her strategy? All the women go on a sex strike. In this hilarious, musical retelling of one of history's greatest theatrical offerings, Lizastrata takes on the establishment, storms the Acropolis, and holds the treasury hostage until the long-warring men of Athens and Sparta commit to declaring peace.
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