From February 28 to March 8, the Department of Dramatic Arts (DART) presented playwright Mary Zimmerman’s award-winning adaption of Metamorphoses, directed by Gillian Raby at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. Our own Adam Rappold worked on the mainstage as dramaturge, advising the production about the poem’s literary devices and their representation on stage, and sharing insights with the cast about storytelling and the construction of myth.
Read more about the production in the Brock News:
In this contemporary re-interpretation of Ovid’s poem, myth comes to life through symbolic and physical transformations. “Ovid’s poem speaks to us through its unflinching gaze at a world of constant change: constellations of power and madness, the enchantment of beautiful love mixed with horrible beauty, and ever-changing ecologies of divinity flowing seamlessly between rocks, trees, rivers, creatures, genders, music, air, waters, and the very words of stories.
The production is fueled by the conviction that Ovid’s vision of transformation speaks to our own contemporary moment amidst the accelerated change of modernity, climate catastrophe, and humanity’s need for fluidity. The adaptation shows how powerless people are empowered in Ovid’s stories– and we hope the hilarity and poignant drama will open similar transformations for audiences.”
To learn more, explore the educational guide to the production, created by Daisy Hollohan, BA student in Dramatic Arts, under the supervision of Mike Griffin.
