About this Event
200 University Circle, DeKalb, IL 60115
http://niu.edu/theatreby Charles Mee
Directed by Bethany Mangum-Oles
Content suitable for ages 18+
“Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in a villa on the coast of Italy in this modern re-making of one of the western world's oldest plays, The Danaids by Aeschylus. And, in this villa on the Italian coast, the fifty grooms catch up with the brides, and mayhem ensues: the grooms arriving by helicopter in their flight suits, women throwing themselves over and over again to the ground, pop songs and romantic dances, and, finally, unable to escape their forced marriages, 49 of the brides murder 49 of the grooms-and one bride falls in..." (charlesmee.org)