Photo credit: David Lowes

Orpheus (Derek Wallis) shares the music he hears in his head with Eurydice (Alysson Hall). Photo credit: David Lowes Caption

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A "Very Interesting Man" (Graham Miles) lures Eurydice to his apartment with promises of a letter from Eurydice's (Alysson Hall) father. Photo credit: David Lowes.

Photo credit: David Lowes

Eurydice (Alysson Hall) enters the Underworld with her pennies to pay the ferryman (Jethro Lee Herring). Photo credit: David Lowes.

Photo credit: David Lowes

Eurydice (Alysson Hall) believes she's checking in to a fancy hotel when she first arrives in the Underworld, escorted by her long lost father (Peter McGuire). Photo credit: David Lowes.

Photo credit: David Lowes

Eurydice (Alysson Hall) loses her understanding of language. The Phoenix Theatre presents a contemporary retelling of the Greek myth in Eurydice until February 25, 2012. Photo credit: David Lowes.

Photo credit: David Lowes

Eurydice (Alysson Hall) in her room made of string in the underworld, in the Phoenix Theatre 's production of Eurydice, a contemporary retelling of the Orpheus in the Underworld, on until February 25, 2012. Photo credit: David Lowes.

Photo credit: David Lowes

Eurydice

February 16 -25, 2012
By Sarah Ruhl

Directed by Jeffrey Pufahl (MFA Candidate)
Production Designer Mary Kerr
Lighting Designer Bryan Kenney
Sound Designer Neil Ferguson
Stage Manager Sarah Watson

"…weird and wonderful, devastatingly lovely…" (New York Times)

Immerse yourself in a bold and dreamlike retelling of the classic Orpheus in the Underworld myth. Award-winning New York playwright Sarah Ruhl reimagines this story through eyes of its quirky heroine, Eurydice. Dying too young on her wedding day, she is reunited with her long-lost father in the whimsical, Mad-Hatter realm of the underworld, complete with singing stones and a playfully sinister Underlord. Here, she struggles to recall fading memories of her life as both a bride and a daughter. Eurydice is infused with the melancholy music of Orpheus and takes the audience along on her heartfelt and magical journey.

Featuring:

Alysson Hall (Eurydice )
Peter McGuire (Father)
Graham Miles (The Interesting Man)
Derek Wallis (Orpheus)

And a Chorus Of Stones:
Andrew Barrett
Jethro Lee Herring
Sarah Johnson
Chelsea Keene
Taryn Lees
Angie Lopez
Hayley McCurdy
Simon Walter

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. New York City

February 16-25, 2011
Previews @ 8pm: February 14 (Ooo! Valentine's Day!) & 15
Evenings @ 8pm: February 16 (Opening), 17(*Lecture), 18, 20 (Extra Monday), 21, 22, 23, 24, 25
Matinee @ 2pm: February 25

Listen to the pre-show lecture
Recorded Friday, February 17 @ 7 pm
Join Professor Linda Hardy for a conversation with the director and designers about their concept and bold designs for this magical underworld.

Box Office: Opens February 7, 2012
Call: 250.721.8000
For ticket prices click here.

Seating Plan: Chief Dan George Theatre