Ryan Engle as Jason, left, and Nathan Howland, right, as Ajax the messenger, pose with Elizabeth Guarnieri as Medea. Medea’s foot on the chest of King Creon symbolizes the power play between the two.

The Seattle acting troupe Theatre 9/12 has a new home base, and is inaugurating it with a new play on an ancient theme. The company has installed itself in a small auditorium at Trinity Parish Church, ...

Jared Reed as Jason and Jennifer Summerfield as Medea in Hedgerow Theatre's production of "Medea." (Photo supplied by the production) Euripides lost the new-play festival in Greece 2,449 years ago – ...

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It seems callous, even monstrous, to dub all of that "entertainment." Yet that's the only word that fits. Working from playwright Ben Powers' 2014 version of Euripides' Greek tragedy, director Jerry ...

Some of the most memorable operas revolve around family drama. Medea, written by Luigi Cherubini in the late 18th century, is based on the ancient Greek play by Euripides and the work of French ...

For its first-ever original production, UCLA Live clearly aimed to create a Big Event, and it landed one: Annette Bening, a Hollywood heavy hitter with impressive theater chops, playing Medea, theater ...