EurydiceBy Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Derek Goldman
Produced by Roundhouse Theatre
Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson
Sarah Ruhl is a free and truly original thinker, and I give her props for thinking out of the usual browbeaten proverbial Greek drama box in envisioning the story. The tale as told from the action-packed perspective of Orpheus usually extols his rousing journey to join his new bride trapped in the Underworld. In Ruhl’s hands, the tide is turned and we see the world of lost love and yearning from the perspective of Eurydice. [Read more...]
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