Name: METAMORPHOSES
Start: 2012-09-19T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2012-09-19T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Water Tower Water Works

METAMORPHOSES

September 19, 2012 – January 6, 2013

Written and Directed by Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman

Tony Award-winner for Best Direction of a Play

In 1998, Lookingglass debuted Metamorphoses, a play of such grace and beauty that the memory of it still lingers in the minds of audiences today. The critically-acclaimed, record-breaking Chicago engagement led to a Broadway production that garnered Mary Zimmerman the 2002 Tony Award for Best Director and catapulted Lookingglass onto the national stage.

From a simple, rippling pool of water, Ensemble Member Mary Zimmerman conjured the force of Ovid’s myths into gorgeous imagery, provocative moments and breathtaking storytelling. Don’t miss your chance to experience the magic and enchantment of this very special anniversary production, ten years after its smash hit Broadway opening.

Shows that theater can provide not just escape but sometimes a glimpse of the divine.

– TIME

Entrancing… an evening of almost magical changes, wrought through the unique imagery of theater

– Chicago Tribune

Zimmerman at her most cheerfully ingenious

– New York Times

ARTISTS

MARY ZIMMERMAN, Writer/Director
DANIEL OSTLING, Scenic Designer
MARA BLUMENFELD, Costume Designer
TJ GERCKENS, Lighting Designer
MARIA DEFABO, Properties Designer
ANDRE PLUESS, Sound Designer
WILLIE SCHWARTZ, Composer

FEATURING

USMAN ALLY, Ceyx and Others
ANJALI BIHIMANI, Myrrha and Others
LAWRENCE E. DISTASI, Hermes and Others
MARILYN DODDS FRANK, Therapist and Others
ANNE FOGARTY, Aphrodite and Others
RAYMOND FOX, Midas and Others
DOUG HARA, Phaeton and Others
CHRIS KIPINIAK, Erysichthon and Others
LOUISE LAMSON, Alcyon and Others
LAUREN ORKUS, Eurydice and Others

LOOKINGGLASS ARTISTS

Lookingglass is an ensemble based company, with a dedicated group of artists composing its roster of Ensemble Members, Artistic Associates, and Teaching Artists.