Based on one of the great texts of Western civilization, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, visual magician and director Mary Zimmerman created her own contemporary version of this classic text.  Centered around a pool of water, Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses examines the myths that define us.  She shows how acts of creation and destruction, invention and dissolution, memory and forgetting, love and loss, all center around the transmutation of one physical, emotional, or spiritual state into another, and how the notion of metamorphosis is central to the formation of order from chaos.  With contemporary language, humor, and startling visual originality, Zimmermann’s Metamorphoses gives us a refreshing, deeper theatrical insight into what is to be truly human.

By Mary Zimmerman

Directed by Joe Calarco
Scenic Design by Sarah Beth Hall
Costume Design by Johanna Pan
Lighting Design by Joyce Liao
Sound Design & Original Music by Nathan Leigh
Acting & Voice Coaching by Sara Bickweat Penner

April 21, and 22 at 8 p.m. April 23 at 3 p.m. April 27, 28, and 29 at 8 p.m.

• All performances take place in the Smith Theatre (in the new Sloan Performing Arts Center) on the University of Rochester’s River Campus.
• Curtain times are 8pm (evenings) and 3pm (matinees).
• Ticket prices for mainstage shows are $15 for the General Public and $12 for Seniors (65+); also $12 for UR staff, faculty, alumni and $8 for (non-UR) students.  Tickets are free for UR students (with ID), one hour before the performance at the door 
• Tickets are available online at www.sas.rochester.edu/theatre/box_office.php or at the Box Office (1 hour prior to curtain)