Theatre Erindale Presents:
Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses
For Immediate Release: October 3rd
“Metamorphoses somehow manages both to lift you out of the moment you’re living in and speak to it with piercing directness.” The Wall Street Journal
“Its magic has been enhanced; its gift for subliminal seduction magnified.” – The New York Times
“[The] theater event of the year.” — Time Magazine
“Ms. Zimmerman makes you see [water] as our truest natural environment: the place in which dreams and reality, the primal and the particular melt and merge, devastate and console” – The New York Times
Theatre Erindale’s transformative season begins with with Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, nominated for three Tony Awards including Best Play.
Nominated for the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, this show brings to life Ovid’s famous sequence of poems, the source of many of Western literature’s central mythological narratives. Gods, heroes, and monsters explore the emotional consequences of love and the pain of loss. Directed by Program Coordinator and Theatre Erindale’s Artistic Director David Matheson.
Matheson says “While Mary Zimmerman’s play is a magnificent spectacle – it also has a beating heart. It is about love in all of its forms. It is at times tragic, savage, romantic, sexual, and tender. An unbelievably talented young group of actors are engaging with this piece. Their work is brave, funny, intense and physical. This show is not to be missed!”
Show Information:
Metamorphoses will be running at the Erindale Studio Theatre at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Tickets available online at tickets.sheridancollege.ca, by calling (905) 569-4369, or in person at Theatre Erindale Box Office Tuesday or Thursday 2pm-5pm. All tickets must be picked up at the Erindale Box Office either during office hours or 1 hour prior to the start of the shows.
Mo Zeighami – Iris the Rainbow, HUNGER, Spirit of the Tree
Mackenzie Burton – Midas, Morpheus
Yona Epstein-Roth – Orpheus, Bacchus
George Alevizos – Phaeton, Buyer
Lucas Blakely – Philemon, Narcissus, Apollo
Rebecca Macdonald – Psyche, Servant to Midas
Alexia Vassos – Silenus, Therapist
Jacobe Rutigliano – Vertumnous/Cinryas
Mussié Soloman – Zeus the King of the Gods
Theatre and Drama Studies:
The Theatre and Drama Studies Specialist Program is a unique partnership in theatre training offered jointly by the University of Toronto Mississauga and the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. Students earn a two-year (equivalent) conservatory diploma in professional actor training from Sheridan while completing a BA Hons program focused on performance history, theory, and dramatic literature from UTM.
For further information about TDS or this production of Metamorphoses please contact Professor David Matheson at david.matheson@sheridancollege.ca
