Behind the Scenes: The Odyssey
When:
Wednesday, Jan 06, 2021 7:30p -
8:30p
Wednesday, Jan 06, 2021 7:30p -
8:30p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
$20
Categories:
Performing Arts, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://americanrepertorytheater.org/shows-events/behind-the-scenes-the-odyssey/
Writer and performer Kate Hamill (Bedlam’s Sense and Sensibility)—Wall Street Journal’s 2017 Playwright of the Year and one of the 10 most produced playwrights for the last three consecutive seasons—talks with A.R.T.’s Director of Artistic Programs & Dramaturg Ryan McKittrick about adapting Homer’s The Odyssey, reexamining classic texts through a feminist lens, and centering complex female characters in her plays. Experience a scene from her new play, hear about the images, events, and research that have inspired her adaptation, and discover why she feels she has always been meant to adapt The Odyssey.
Hamill’s adaptation of The Odyssey engages with some of the most pressing questions surrounding the trauma of war, asking how we decide who our heroes are, and how we can learn to embrace healing and forgiveness to end cycles of violence.
Join the Virtual Green Room
Following the events, ten randomly selected ticket holders, the series sponsors, and all A.R.T. donors of $500 or more will be eligible to continue the conversation “backstage” in the Virtual Green Room with commissioned artists and A.R.T. staff.
Tickets: $20 with pay-what-you-can option
