Theatre Under The Stairs Presents Medea Thru 4/24

Theatre Under the Stairs presents "Medea"
Friday, April 8, 2011 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
MEDEA, the story of a man too ambitious to be happy and a woman too powerful to be forgiving, is one of the oldest stories in the Western World, its first recorded iteration written almost two and a half millennia ago. Holly Erin McCarthy stars as Medea, a sorceress so madly in love with the hapless hero Jason that she helps him murder monsters and monarchs alike all across Greece so that he might someday be a king. When Jason leaves Medea for a young princess in order to position himself as the next king of Corinth, Medea's shame and heartache drags the entire city into tragedy. Christopher Compton's adaptation of Euripides' 2200 year old play incorporates six different translations, modern tricks and flourishes, and some of the most gifted actors on Cape Cod to tell the wrenching story of a woman with power enough to topple empires but not to tame an overly-ambitious heart. Theater Under the Stairs is proud to produce this, its second production in the new Botello Black Box.

April 7-24 with Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00pm
Note: no performance Monday - Wednesday