Metamorphoses

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play theatrical adaptation

Metamorphoses is a play by Mary Zimmerman that reimagines classical Greek and Roman myths through visually striking, water-centered staging.

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instanceOf play →
theatrical adaptation →
adaptationOf myths of Ovid →
author Mary Zimmerman →
awardReceived Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play →
Lucille Lortel Award →
basedOn Metamorphoses by Ovid →
classical Greek myths →
classical Roman myths →
broadwayCity New York City →
broadwayTransfer Circle in the Square Theatre →
countryOfOrigin United States →
creator Mary Zimmerman →
criticalReception widely acclaimed by theatre critics →
firstProducedInDecade 1990s →
genre drama →
mythological drama →
hasCharacterType gods →
mortals →
mythological figures →
hasTheme change →
loss →
love →
power of storytelling →
influenced subsequent myth-based stage adaptations →
intendedMedium live theatre →
language English →
lightingDesignFeature reflections on water →
notableFeature visually striking imagery →
water-centered staging →
originalCityOfProduction Chicago →
originalProductionCompany Lookingglass Theatre Company →
performanceStyle nonlinear storytelling →
story-theatre techniques →
publisherOfScript Northwestern University Press →
setDesignElement minimalist set surrounding a pool →
soundDesignFeature evocative soundscape →
stagingStyle ensemble-based →
highly physical theatre →
subjectMatter Greek mythology →
Roman mythology →
transformation →
theatricalElement onstage pool of water →
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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Second Stage Theater →
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