based on the myths of Ovid
written and originally directed by Mary Zimmerman

Photos by Evan Johnson:

The invocation (ensemble)

The invocation (ensemble)

Midas (Sheridan Malone) and Silenus (James Taylor) with Midas' daughter (Maria Frey-Frei) and laundresses (Kirsten Turner, Lori Stubben and Katie Hardy)

Alcyone & Ceyx: the storm ensemble

Poseidon (Robbie Cristiani), Ceyx (Jason Briseno) and ensemble

Poseidon (Robbie Cristiani), Ceyx (Jason Briseno) and ensemble

Alcyone & Ceyx: Stephanie Paige & Jason Briseno (foreground); Alicia Littletree and Bryan Arnold (background)

Alcyone(Stephanie Paige) & Ceyx (Jason Briseno) transform into birds 

Alcyone(Stephanie Paige) & Ceyx (Jason Briseno) transform into birds

Alcyone(Stephanie Paige) & Ceyx (Jason Briseno) transform into birds


Alcyone(Stephanie Paige) & Ceyx (Jason Briseno) with Robbie Cristiani & Maria Frey-Frei

the ensemble in Alcyone's transformation

Poseidon (Robbie Cristiani), Erysichthon's mother (Stephanie Paige) and buyer (Jason Briseno)

Erysichthon (Arlo Raitt) and Ceres (Alicia Littletree)

Lori Stubben (Pandora) with ensemble

ensemble in the death of Eurydice

Hades (Arlo Raitt), guest (James Taylor), Orpheus (Bryan Arnold) and Eurydice (Lily Frey)

Orpheus descends (the ensemble)

Hades (Arlo Raitt) & Persephone (Kirsten Turner) with Tamara Frey, Maria Frey-Frei & Penelope Sinor

the ensemble in Orpheus' descent to Hades

Eurydice (Lily Frey) with Fates (Gilly Platt, Katie Hardy & Sandi Lang) and Hermes (Ben Kohler)

Ben Kohler and Robbie Cristiani lift Narcissus (Jason Briseno)

Pomona (Maya Kageyama) and Vertumnus (Sam Fulk)

Vertumnus (Sam Fulk) and Pomona (Maya Kageyama)

Narrator (Katie Hardy) and Vertumnus (Sam Fulk)

Aphrodite (KC Dill) with Pomona (Maya Kageyama) and Vertumnus (Sam Fulk)


Aphrodite (KC Dill) with Pomona (Maya Kageyama) and Vertumnus (Sam Fulk)

Myrrha (Stephanie Paige), Aphrodite (KC Dill) and Nursemaid (Tamara Frey) 

Cinyras (Ian Stigliani) and Myrrha (Stephanie Paige) with ensemble

Myrrha (Stephanie Paige) and  Cinyras (Ian Stigliani) with ensemble

Myrrha (Stephanie Paige) with Pomona (Maya Kageyama) and Vertumnus (Sam Fulk) 

Myrrha (Stephanie Paige) with Pomona (Maya Kageyama) and Vertumnus (Sam Fulk) 

Myrrha (Stephanie Paige) with ensemble

Myrrha (Stephanie Paige) with ensemble

 Therapist (Alicia Littletree), Phaeton (Bryan Arnold) and Apollo (Sheridan Malone)

Therapist (Alicia Littletree), Phaeton (Bryan Arnold) and Apollo (Sheridan Malone)

Eros (Jason Briseno), Psyche (Penelope Sinor) and "A" (KC Dill)

Eros (Jason Briseno), Psyche (Penelope Sinor) and "A" (KC Dill)

Midas (Sheridan Malone), Midas' Daughter (Maria Frey-Frei), Baucis (KC Dill) and Philemon (Ian Stigliani)

The ensemble in "the coda"