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The
Bacchae
2.1
Playwright and historian Charles Mee is well known for his inventive and exciting adaptations of the Greeks. His version of Aeschylus's The Suppliants, Big Love, was the hit of this year's Humana Festival with its stunning visual vocabulary and rich language. With The Bacchae 2.1, he once again displays his talent for contemporizing the classics as he transforms Euripides's cautionary tale into a celebration of what is other, dark, suppressed and secretly delicious. Ignore your better judgment as Dionysus leads you into the green hills of total freedom, where love becomes hate, orgies become armies, and lingerie doubles as armor. Directing is Kenn Watt, whose physical production of Mr. Mee's new comedy, Summertime, was called "the sweetest surprise of the season" in its World Premiere this July. |
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