Oedipus the King
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Category:
Theater and Dance
Neighborhood:
Oak Lawn-Uptown
Schedule
- May 3, 2011 8 pm
- May 4, 2011 8 pm
- May 5, 2011 8 pm
- May 6, 2011 8 pm
- May 7, 2011 8 pm
- May 8, 2011 7:30 pm
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About
Steven Young directs this new version of an old story — Sophocles' model tragedy, Oedipus Rex. Oedipus, newly crowned king of Thebes, attempts to alleviate the plague caused by the unsolved murder of the former king, Laius. Unbeknownst to Oedipus (David Jeremiah), Laius was his father, and he the murderer, not to mention husband of the widowed queen, Jocasta (Lulu Ward) who is also Oedipus' mother. Yikes. The play begins after all this has taken place, and we accompany the king on his downward spiral of realization.