In the spirit of celebration of 35 years of cutting edge performance, Undermain establishes its repertory series to honor the gems of its production history with a reboot of An Iliad, reviving the landmark production from 2012 starring Bruce DuBose and Paul Semrad and directed by Undermain Artistic Director Katherine Owens.
An Iliad is a modern-day retelling of Homer's classic. Poetry and humor, the ancient tale of the Trojan War and the modern world collide in this captivating theatrical experience. The setting is simple: the empty theater. The time is now: the present moment. The lone figure onstage is a storyteller, possibly Homer, possibly one of the many bards who followed in his footsteps. He is fated to tell this story throughout history.
On the 10-year anniversary of the opening of his play Midnight in a Clearing with Moon and Stars, Ted - now a television writer - reunites with the play’s various participants at the same establishment they used to gather post-performance all those years ago, The Talk House.
There, as they catch up, we catch a glimpse of their lives now under an American Authoritarian regime where criticism and dissonance is suppressed, the murder of those perceived as potential threats has become popular entertainment and theatre has all but ceased to exist.
With his trademark dry humor, poignant language and subtle characterization, playwright Wallace Shawn eases the audience into an awkward casualness only to drop them in a world complacent to the horrors executed by its inhabitants.
On the 10-year anniversary of the opening of his play Midnight in a Clearing with Moon and Stars, Ted - now a television writer - reunites with the play’s various participants at the same establishment they used to gather post-performance all those years ago, The Talk House.
There, as they catch up, we catch a glimpse of their lives now under an American Authoritarian regime where criticism and dissonance is suppressed, the murder of those perceived as potential threats has become popular entertainment and theatre has all but ceased to exist.
With his trademark dry humor, poignant language and subtle characterization, playwright Wallace Shawn eases the audience into an awkward casualness only to drop them in a world complacent to the horrors executed by its inhabitants.
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