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.
What if you were to become the Queen of North America? Would you be a benevolent ruler concerned with the affairs of state and the wellbeing of your subjects?
In Jojo Jones’ bitter allegory Veal, Chelsea, the Queen of North America is not. The state of her state is not as much a concern as it is an inconvenience. And when her former middle-school friend group requests an audience with her, her focus isn’t so much on their present needs as it is on the cruelties and humiliations she was once subjected to by them.
As she guides them to reenact scenes from their time as classmates, the cruelty they inflicted upon her comes back to them in painfully embarrassing recollections. Beneath the comedy of this turnabout scenario lies a danger and darkness that is only made palatable through Jones’ wit and the absurdity of it all.
What if you were to become the Queen of North America? Would you be a benevolent ruler concerned with the affairs of state and the wellbeing of your subjects?
In Jojo Jones’ bitter allegory Veal, Chelsea, the Queen of North America is not. The state of her state is not as much a concern as it is an inconvenience. And when her former middle-school friend group requests an audience with her, her focus isn’t so much on their present needs as it is on the cruelties and humiliations she was once subjected to by them.
As she guides them to reenact scenes from their time as classmates, the cruelty they inflicted upon her comes back to them in painfully embarrassing recollections. Beneath the comedy of this turnabout scenario lies a danger and darkness that is only made palatable through Jones’ wit and the absurdity of it all.
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