BEGIN:VCALENDAR X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago PRODID:-//University of Iowa//Events 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T165053Z DTSTART:20221105T200000 SUMMARY:The Bacchae: A Tragedy in One Act (from Kneehigh Theatre) DESCRIPTION:This performance will use strong language\, violence\, and strobe lights.\n\nThe Bacchae: A Tragedy in One Act (from Kneehigh Theatre)\n By Carl Gross and Anna Murphy\n Adapted by Emma Rice\n Directed by Sarah Gazdowicz\n\nNov. 4\, 5\, 9\, 10\, 11\, 12 at 8 p.m.\n Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.\n David Thayer Theatre\, UI Theatre Building\n\nKing Pentheus of Thebes rules with utmost order and control until the god Dionysus arrives and swiftly builds a following of wild and unrepressed revelers called the Bacchae. When Pentheus refuses to recognize Dionysus’ divinity and lineage\, how long will a young\, confident\, and savage god show patience toward mortal arrogance? Kneehigh Theatre adapts Euripides’s Greek tragedy in this play with music about the reclamation of identity and the consequences of oppressive rule.\n\nTickets:\n Tickets are available through the Hancher Box Office website or by calling 319-335-1160.\n\n\nhttps://events.uiowa.edu/60359 LOCATION:Theatre Building\, 200 North Riverside Drive\, Iowa City\, IA 52242 UID:edu.uiowa.events-prod-60359 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This performance will use strong language\, violence\, and strobe lights.
\n\nThe Bacchae: A Tragedy in One Act (from Kneehigh Theatre)
\n By Carl Gross and Anna Murphy
\n Adapted by Emma Rice
\n Directed by Sarah Gazdowicz
Nov. 4\, 5\, 9\, 10\, 11\, 12 at 8 p.m.
\n Nov. 6 at 2 p.m.
\n David Thayer Theatre\, UI Theatre Building
King Pentheus of Thebes rules with utmost order and control until the god Dionysus arrives and swiftly builds a following of wild and unrepressed revelers called the Bacchae. When Pentheus refuses to recognize Dionysus’ divinity and lineage\, how long will a young\, confident\, and savage god show patience toward mortal arrogance? Kneehigh Theatre adapts Euripides’s Greek tragedy in this play with music about the reclamation of identity and the consequences of oppressive rule.
\n\nTickets:
\n Tickets are available through the Hancher Box Office website or by calling 319-335-1160.