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Contemporary re-telling of a classic myth
Eurydice
yu-RID-eh-see
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By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Gregory Boyd
Now through March 1, 2009
Neuhaus Stage
TUE - THU, SUN evenings 7:30 PM
FRI and SAT evenings 8:00 PM
SAT and SUN matinees 2:30 PM
Note: No late seating
Approx. 85 mins., no intermission
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Author of the Alley’s outstanding success The Clean House, Sarah Ruhl creates a tale based on the Greek myth of Orpheus that is “exhilarating” as “we enter a surreal world, as lush and limpid as a dream” (The New Yorker). On the day Eurydice is to marry her true love Orpheus, a misstep sends her to the surreal depths of the Underworld, where she has a surprising reunion and ultimately must decide whether to follow Orpheus back to the land of the living. The New York Times described Eurydice as “a magical play with gripping emotional potency…a love letter to the world…”
View scenes from the show on YouTube. Click here.
"Extravagantly theatrical, dreamlike"
"Fresh and vivid . . . Ruhl¹s dreamlike treatment, full of lyrical language and haunting imagery, resonates with oblique yet profound implications about love, loss and the afterlife."
"It takes you on a fascinating trip"
Read the Houston Chronicle review, Eurydice is a good spin on a classic tale.
"No one should miss this production. It will haunt your days and live in your dreams."
Read the Houston Press review, Follow the Ruhl in Eurydice.
Gregory Boyd, Mary Rasmussen, Jay Sullivan and John Feltch discuss Eurydice on KUHF’s The Front Row. Go here.
Neuhaus Stage Season Sponsor Randall H. Jamail
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