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This production contains bold sexual images, partial nudity, and strong language appropriate for mature audiences.
A re-imagining of Aristophanes' Lysistrataby Lydia Diamond
Directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue
The year is 2016 in a place much like this. The world is at war and the
economy is worse than it's ever been. The task of ending the war is left
to the women, so our heroine Lizzie Stranton leads the charge to
withhold sex from the men until peace is restored. This modern take on
Aristophanes' classic Greek comedy Lysistrata is by Lydia Diamond, a
playwright celebrated in the Boston theatre scene and Assistant
Professor of Playwriting and Theatre Arts at the Boston University
School of Theatre. Presented by the Boston University School of Theatre
(SOT), Lizzie Stranton is directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue, Assistant
Professor of Acting and Directing at SOT, and runs December 10 through
20 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA.
Diamond's re-imagining of the Greek classic is a project of the School
of Theatre's New Play Initiative, which is a program of the Professional
Theatre Initiative that seeks to provide playwrights and directors with
a variety of developmental options to support the creation of new work
for the theatre. Dramaturg and Assistant Professor Ilana Brownstein
notes that the significance of this project for the creative team and
the School of Theatre is based on its undeniable connection to current
political events, but also in its creation process. "Dramaturgy as a
practice is new to the curriculum and to School of Theatre productions,
but in a project like Lizzie Stranton it is essential. As Diamond
conceived of the play and began to write, it became clear that the
creation of the text would be concomitant with the design, production,
and rehearsal processes. In fact, the generating of text would in some
ways be a direct response to the work of the rest of the creative team,
and would be a chance for students and professors alike to experience
the birth of a new play at the very moment of its emergence from the
mind of the writer."
- Available as part of the Boston University School of Theatre 2008-2009 subscription package.
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