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Washington and Lee University will present Lisa Peterson’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” on Monday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Keller Theatre.
The production based on the relatively new translation by Emily Wilson with its bold theatricality bringing new humor and grace to a story we all think we know, said a spokesperson.
Tickets are required and available online at https:// my.wlu.edu/lenfest-center/ acting-company-odyssey with a credit card or in-person at the Lenfest box office. Patrons can contact the box office by calling (540) 458-8000 or emailing [email protected].
Peterson, the adapter and director, brings new life to this ancient epic - four young women trapped in the limbo of a refugee camp retelling Odysseus’ adventures as they struggle with their own search for a home. Through the extraordinary characters of “Odyssey,” the cast explores what it is to host a stranger, follow the rules of generosity, question what it means to belong without a “place” to call home and discover the thrill of adventure at the heart of it all.
Kent Gash, artistic director of The Acting Company, commented, “Peterson’s unique and surprising adaptation and her brilliant direction of our company of Middle Eastern, North African and Eastern European actors is an ode to our collective need for home, forgiveness and grace. It is vital and essential storytelling born out of a special collaborative impulse.”
The Acting Company is the only professional theater principally dedicated to the development of young classical actors. It was founded in 1972 by John Houseman and Margot Harley from the first graduating class of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School.
The company has launched the careers of some 400 actors, including Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, David Schramm, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, Lorraine Touissaint, Frances Conroy, Harriet Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Hamish Linklater, Jesse L. Martin and Roslyn Ruff, while bringing high quality professional theater to hundreds of communities from coast to coast.
