The Bacchae

Dionysus--celebrated, gender-bending, and mercurial party god--cavorts with his ecstatic followers, the girl-group known as The Bacchae, only to be challenged by the villainous secularist Pentheus. Taking the 5th century BC Euripides strictly at his word, this visceral production is founded on the idea that these archaic texts still can deliver their ancient, universal truths with transformative strength when ensemble and audience commit to taking part in a rich, community-strengthening catharsis together. Overflowing with worship of all kinds, is the show liberation theology in the best sense, or a warning against religious zealotry?