Events Upcoming
New Members
Date and Time
Friday Nov 1, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CDT
Location
UIS Studio Theatre
Fees/Admission
Adults (18 yrs – 64 yrs old): $16.00
Senior Citizens (65 and over): $14.00
UIS Faculty/Staff: $12.00
UIS (and all current college) Students: $10.00
Young Adult/Children (17 yrs and younger): $8.00
Description
“Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity–the Greek god Dionysus–and she’s returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac? Pulitzer Prize-finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.”~ from Concord Theatricals
“Madeleine George “whirls ancient myth, lesbian pulp, ecological thriller and The Real Housewives of Monmouth County into a perfect storm of timely tragicomedy.”~ The New York Times
“…this bracing eco-comedy spins Greek mythology, Earth goddess humor, lesbian pulp tropes and sharply drawn characters into a theatrical surge…”~ Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle
“Sex, gardening and climate change collide brilliantly…” ~ Sam Hurwitt, San Jose Mercury News
“Clever Eco-tragicomedy”–Emily S. Mendel, Berkeleyside
“hilarious and full of keen observation and profound human affection”–New York Magazine
