Photo Flash: EURYDICE Plays the Beowulf Alley Theatre, 1/21-2/6

Beowulf Alley Theatre, 11 South 6th Avenue, Downtown Tucson presents Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl from January 21-February 6, 2011. Thursdays through Saturdays, performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Directed by Lydia Borowicz, the cast includes Bill Epstein, Nicholas Gallardo, Lucas Gonzales, Joi Marie Johnson, Allison Rose, Kristina (Miranda) Sloan, and David Swisher. Tickets for the January 21 preview are $15. For the general run the ticket prices range from $18-$23 with some online discounts available at www.beowulfalley.org. For more information please check the website or call (520) 882-0555.

Playwright Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Orpheus lives in musical reverie, Eurydice in the intrigue of words and interesting ideas. A victim of manipulation by the Lord of The Underworld, Eurydice dies on her wedding day. She is reunited with her father in the Underworld, where together they struggle to recall the memory of lost love. With characters you might meet on a NY subway, quirky plot twists, and breathtaking imagery, the play is a magical dip in the flow the unconscious.

Rhapsodically beautiful. A weird and wonderful new play [Eurydice] - an inexpressibly moving theatrical fable about love, loss and the pleasures and pains of memory. -- The New York Times

Sarah Ruhl is a fresh, compelling, and versatile American playwright. Her play, Eurydice, was written while a graduate student at Brown University. She received a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship award. This young playwright is emerging as a powerful presence in the American theater. Ruhl's play, The Clean House, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2005. Her plays have been produced throughout the U.S. and Europe at such venues as the Lincoln Center Theater, New York, the Actor's Centre, London, the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, among many others.

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