Modern Adaptation
... Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice, now onstage at Beowulf Alley Theatre Company. Based on a great, tragic romance from Greek mythology, the story is at once familiar and utterly new. ... it may be one of the most inventive and magical productions in Tucson this season.
The poetic elements are the strongest part of the show, and offer up unforgettable images: Eurydice emerging from a rain-filled elevator; her father building a fragile shelter from string; Orpheus filling a letter with the music of an unheard symphony.
- CREATISTA/SCOTT GRIESSEL
- Left to right: Allison Rose, Joi Marie Johnson, Nicholas Gallardo and Kristina Sloan in Beowulf Alley Theatre Company's Eurydice.
Sloan imbues Eurydice with a fearless, spunky energy that reinforces the character's pragmatic nature. ...Sloan is a delight to watch...
As Orpheus, Gonzales seems youthful as well—his boyish enthusiasm is mixed with adolescent self-centeredness ...
Director Lydia Borowicz ... coaxes some wonderful performances from her ensemble. Dressed in Kristen Wheeler's subtly detailed costumes, Allison Rose, David Swisher and Joi Marie Johnson win plenty of laughs as a chorus of sardonic stones.
Jared Strickland's set (enhanced by Jessica Creager's atmospheric lighting and Alex Greengaard's otherworldly sound design) creates a wonderfully original image of the afterlife. The stage is crammed with tunnels, doorways and platforms, apparently built from scrap lumber and freight pallets.
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this production is an earnest, engaging representation of a truly unusual play.
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