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Metamorphoses is a play by the American playwright and director Mary Zimmerman, adapted from the classic Ovid poem Metamorphoses. The play premiered in 1996 as Six Myths at Northwestern University and later the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago.
- Mary Zimmerman
- 2002
Set in and around a large pool of water onstage, "Metamorphoses" juxtaposes the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image to reflect the variety and persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change.
Jun 23, 2024 · Metamorphoses was nominated for three Tony Awards in 2002, including “Best Play.”
May 14, 2024 · As an intransitive verb, it means “to undergo metamorphosis” or “to become transformed.” So, from these definitions, we can infer that the title of Mary Zimmerman ’s play METAMORPHOSES, which...
- Jake Bridges
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott. Primal storytelling and modern sensibility collide in a sensual re-envisioning of Greek myths, as gods and mortals alike endure love, loss, and transformation—all while immersed in a pool of water on stage.
Metamorphoses is comprised of mythological stories told in episodic vignettes. The following stories are featured in Zimmerman’s play: Midas Midas, an exorbitantly rich and selfish man, performs a rare good deed one day when he offers a lost traveler, who arrives in his court, shelter for the night. Because of this good deed, Bacchus, the
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May 14, 2024 · It’s also a marvelous palimpsest, revisioning Zimmerman’s Tony-winning play, which opened on Broadway more than 20 years ago and is based on a translation of Ovid’s epic by David R....
