THE PENELOPIAD

By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson

UW-Parkside | Black Box Theatre

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Oct 15, 16, 22, and 23 at  7:00 pm

Oct 17 and 18 at 2:00 pm

Oct 17 at 10:00 am
 

As portrayed in Homer's Odyssey, Penelope⏤wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy⏤has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, traveling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus' epic adventures around the Mediterranean - slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer's original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope's twelve maids.

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Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own wry, witty and wise novel.

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The Penelopiad premiered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in association with Canada's National Arts Centre at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in July 2007.

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This survey course in multicultural theatre (African, Latinx, Asian, and Native American) utilizes dramatic texts, live performance events, and cultural research as a means of exploring and understanding voices of diversity expressed on the American stage. 

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