It is an ancient story of the power, and limits, of love. Orpheus adored Eurydice. But soon after they wed she died, and Orpheus was so bereft the Greek gods took pity and gave him a chance to rescue ...

Instead, after Eurydice’s untimely death on her wedding day, her underworld relationship with her father takes center stage. While introducing the play, director Julia Sorenson referenced questions ...

In Sarah Ruhl’s topsy-turvy plays, characters are constantly struggling to figure out the world and their place in it. A maid neglects her duties while trying to come up with the perfect joke in “The ...

Liberty High School will host student performances of the play “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, an artful adaptation of the tragic love story from Greek mythology, set loosely in the 1950s. “This is a more ...

SANTA CRUZ — Students of Greek mythology are well-versed in the story of Orpheus, the Thracian poet whose wife, Eurydice, is killed by a snakebite and sent to the underworld until he uses music to ...

Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 lyrical drama comes around almost as often as revivals of “Hamlet” in this town. Circle X Theatre Co. introduced the play to L.A. audiences in 2006. Since then, productions at the ...

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On Nov. 12-16, the Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts will perform the Greek tragedy “Eurydice.” “Eurydice” was written by American writer and playwright Sarah Ruhl and directed by Virginia ...

In Greek mythology, Eurydice is an especially tragic character. She married Orpheus, the greatest musician who ever lived — but died on their wedding day and descended into the Underworld. The love of ...

Rocks that whisper and taunt, rain that falls inside an elevator and letters written by the dead: These are among the symbols populating playwright Sarah Ruhl’s modern myth, “Eurydice.” A re-imagining ...

Speaking actors share roles with performers using American Sign Language When Lauren Rhodes performs the title role in “Eurydice” for City Lights Theater Company this weekend, Leah Cohen will be ...