The 14-member student cast of the new production of “The Bacchae” at Valparaiso University’s Center for the Arts describes the 90-minute centuries-old story and the characters as relatable to the ...

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Ivy Pochoda has written some compelling crime novels. Her latest piece of fiction is a departure for her. “Ecstasy” is a work of horror-she based it on an ancient Greek play, “The Bacchae” by ...

A couple of young recovering addicts, an actor dealing with the pressures of success and a mother who vowed to abstain from drug use to save her children make up a small part of the audience. They and ...

A cross-program collaboration of talented Mercer County Community College students will be on full display with theater and dance interpretations of a classic Greek tragedy, when they present "The ...

A battle between the Centaur (Symin Garcia) and Apollo (Kennedy Brooke Styron) plays out on guitars in Giant Entertainment's City Dionysia. Each night, the three-day festival will culminate with a ...

Yes, this is our great-great-great-great-grandfather’s Greek drama. SITI Company has brought its production of Euripides’ “Bacchae” to the Getty Villa outdoor amphitheater, where this vibrant evening ...

Cheers rose from the group of actors around him, and the horn beeped as rehearsal began Aug. 6 for the Theatre of the Poor’s production of “The Bacchae.” The show relates themes of Euripides’ ancient ...

Bathed only in the glow of a streetlight, a grieving mother wails over her son’s corpse; her cries mingle with the revving engine of a motorcycle on a nearby highway. A flash of lightning in the ...