![]() The Eumenides Project for the Fringe Festival 2016 is born out of a collaboration between Marcia Ferguson of the University of Pennsylvania Theatre Arts Program, and the University’s 2016 Artistic Resident company Sebastienne Mundheim/White Box Theatre.ĭr. As a consequence, Orestes finds himself tormented by the Furies, hideous, ancient goddesses of the Underworld divinely charged with punishing murders within families. In response to the pleadings of his sister Electra and at the command of the god Apollo, Orestes has murdered his mother, Clytemnestra, who was wife and murderer of his father Agamemnon. The Eumenides is the final play in Aeschylus’ great masterpiece, the trilogy of The Oresteia, written more than 2,500 years ago. ![]() ![]() ![]() With haunting original music and glorious costumes, the production invites guests to witness an “Ancient Greek tragedy for our time” (Broad Street Review), as Marcia Ferguson and White Box Theatre interpret The Eumenides through the lens of the most pressing contemporary questions: How do we end cycles of revenge? Do gender and emotion have a role in determining justice? New world orders and the first trial by jury unfold in this site-specific performance. ![]()
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