This modern open-air retelling of the ancient Greek drama weaponizes Euripides with rock and rap, dance beats, and sensuous choreography.
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Theater Review (NYC): Euripides’ ‘The Bacchae’ at BAM
Director Anne Bogart and SITI Company charge up Aaron Poochigian's balanced new translation in a graceful 90-minute production of Euripides' 'The Bacchae,' alive with ecstatic bacchanalia and gruesome violence.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Iphigenia Among the Taurians’ Adapted from Euripides
The text of this well-staged new adaptation strikes a smile-inducing, attention-grabbing, and surprisingly believable balance between literary authenticity – this is indeed Euripides' play in all its essentials – and contemporary informality and even snark.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Euripides’ ‘The Bacchae’ from the Faux-Real Theater Company
This production digs into the tribal roots of the ultimate cautionary tale from ancient Greece with just the collective animal energy called for.
Read More »Theater/Dance Review (NYC): ‘Alcestis Ascending: A Rock Myth’
A bilingual Cuban/American production presents the Greek myth through vibrant theater and artful, earthy dance.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Bacchae by Euripides at the Secret Theatre
Smart staging and physical comedy make this an accessible if grisly piece of ancient Greek theater for a modern audience.
Read More »Interview: Edward Einhorn, Artistic Director of UTC61, on Directing Greek Drama
Mob rule, Euripides, and the Arab Spring in a new production of Iphigenia in Aulis at La Mama.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Iphigenia in Aulis
One of the most emotional plays in the canon of ancient Greek theater receives an artful production at La Mama.
Read More »On Loyalty, Politics, and Statehood
The days of the state as the predominant political institution of our time are numbered.
Read More »Quantum of Solace: The Making of Modern Consciousness, Part I
Take solace in the fact that humanity is on the march. The million dollar question is: will it continue?
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