As in her Tony Award–winning Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman transforms Greek mythology—here the story of Jason and the Argonauts—into a mesmerizing piece of theater. Encountering an array of daunting challenges in their “first voyage of the world,” Jason and his crew illustrate the essence of all such journeys to follow—their unpredictability, their inspiring and overwhelming breadth of emotion, their lessons in the inevitability of failure and loss. Bursts of humor and fantastical creatures enrich a story whose characters reveal remarkable complexity. Medea is profoundly sympathetic even as the seeds are sown for the monstrous life ahead of her, and the brute strength of Hercules leaves him no less vulnerable to the vicissitudes of love. Zimmerman brings to Argonautika her trademark ability to encompass the full range of human experience in a work as entertaining as it is enlightening.
“Meant to be enjoyed by audiences of all ages.” - TheFumeofSighs.com
“A thoroughly engaging version of a timelessly entertaining myth as told by a theatrical imagination of mythic proportions." -San Francisco Chronicle
SUBMIT UPDATES
Julius Caesar (5/17/24-5/26/24)
Western Michigan University Theatre is at 1351 Theatre Dr, Kalamazoo.
Julius Caesar (5/17/24-5/26/24)
SpongeBob SquarePants (4/5/24-4/14/24)
More Fun than Bowling (2/2/24-2/11/24)
Next Stop, Broadway! (11/30/23-12/2/23)
Clue (11/10/23-11/19/23)
Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 (10/27/23-11/5/23)
Intimate Apparel (10/6/23-10/15/23)
The Play That Goes Wrong (4/7/23-4/16/23)
On The Town (3/17/23-3/26/23)
Museum (2/17/23-2/26/23)
Videos
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Farmers Alley Theatre (6/12 - 6/23) | ||
Spring Awakening
The Flint Repertory Theatre (6/7 - 6/23) | ||
Life of Pi
Wharton Center (3/11 - 3/16) | ||
Between Riverside and Crazy
Detroit Repertory Theatre (5/17 - 7/7) | ||
The Cher Show
Stranahan Theater (6/6 - 6/9) | ||
Moulin Rouge!
Detroit Opera House (9/17 - 10/6) | ||
William Shatner Live On Stage with a screening of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN
Fisher Theatre (9/25 - 9/25) | ||
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Binda Performing Arts Center (8/9 - 8/11) | ||
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert
Fisher Theatre (9/14 - 9/14) | ||
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