Shotgun Players presents a bold, physical production of a play by Sarah Ruhl. The Bay Area theater scene is smitten with Sarah Ruhl. The upcoming seasons at Marin Theatre Company, San Francisco ...

In Sarah Ruhl’s topsy-turvy plays, characters are constantly struggling to figure out the world and their place in it. A maid neglects her duties while trying to come up with the perfect joke in “The ...

It is an ancient story of the power, and limits, of love. Orpheus adored Eurydice. But soon after they wed she died, and Orpheus was so bereft the Greek gods took pity and gave him a chance to rescue ...

Broadway’s “Hadestown” is only one way of telling the story of Eurydice and Orpheus. Students from Lane Community College are about to present “Eurydice,” a play written by Sarah Ruhl, based on the ...

Liberty High School will host student performances of the play “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl, an artful adaptation of the tragic love story from Greek mythology, set loosely in the 1950s. “This is a more ...

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“Where is her death now? Ah, will you discover / This theme before your song consumes itself?” asked Rainer Maria Rilke in his poem cycle, “Sonnets to Orpheus.” Playwright Sarah Ruhl poses much the ...

Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 lyrical drama comes around almost as often as revivals of “Hamlet” in this town. Circle X Theatre Co. introduced the play to L.A. audiences in 2006. Since then, productions at the ...

About to ascend back to the living, Eurydice, played by Sydney Mancasola (right), calls out in fear to Orpheus, played by Elliot Madore (left), sealing her fate in BLO's production of "Eurydice." ...

SANTA CRUZ — Students of Greek mythology are well-versed in the story of Orpheus, the Thracian poet whose wife, Eurydice, is killed by a snakebite and sent to the underworld until he uses music to ...

In Greek mythology, Eurydice is an especially tragic character. She married Orpheus, the greatest musician who ever lived — but died on their wedding day and descended into the Underworld. The love of ...

Eurydice (Sydney Mancasola) arrives in the underworld in Boston Lyric Opera's production of "Eurydice." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) Memory is a delicate thing. Some of our recollections are so ...