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Alaina Chester stars as Icarius in OU Theater’s production of “The Penelopiad,” Oct. 18-24 in the Forum Theater. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)

PHOTOS: OU Theater’s “The Penelopiad”

Posted on: Tuesday, October 13, 2015

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The Ohio University Theater Division in the School of Dance, Film and Theater will present its second production of the 2015–2016 season, The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, Oct. 14-24 in The Forum Theater.

Penelope, played by Luciana Teruel Gomez, accounts her life, good and bad, from Hades in Margaret Atwood’s "The Penelopiad." (Robert McGraw/WOUB) — Penelope, played by Luciana Teruel Gomez, accounts her life, good and bad, from Hades in Margaret Atwood’s “The Penelopiad.” (Robert McGraw/WOUB)

Directed by Theater Division Associate Professor David Haugen, with movement and choreography by Madeleine Scott, professor emerita of Dance.

The days after Odysseus leaves to retrieve Helen of Troy, Penelope (Left), played by Luciana Teruel Gomez, learns to run a kingdom by herself after her in-laws were no longer able to do the job. She is loved by her people. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)

In a daring response to Homer’s The Odyssey, Penelope recounts her life’s story and the murder of her 12 handmaidens by her vengeful husband, Odysseus. Atwood’s acerbic wit brings one of history’s most powerful myths to the contemporary imagination with a provocative new look at a woman’s longing, lust and culpability.

Odysseus (left), played by Constance Sabo, and Telemachus (right), played by Zyrece Montgomery, slaughter the suitors that tried to lay claim to Penelope. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)

Performances of The Penelopiad are Oct. 14–17 and 21–24 at 8 p.m. in The Forum Theater, located on the ground floor of the Radio and Television Building, 35 South College Street in Athens. Talkbacks are scheduled for Nov. 14 and 18.

Odysseus orders the death of 12 of Penelope’s maids. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)

Ohio University students will be admitted free with a student ID, courtesy of Arts for Ohio. Regular tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for other students and seniors.

The slaughtered maids blame Penelope for their deaths. (Robert McGraw/WOUB)

For more information and reservations, phone 740-593-1780 or stop by the Fine Arts Ticket Office, located at the East Union Street entrance of Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium, Monday through Friday, 12-5 p.m.