Out Front Theatre Company Announces Ninth Season
thegavoice.comThe theater, from the Greek theatron meaning “a place to see or to observe,” offers a unique escape that other entertainment media cannot provide.
Dionysus, the unpredictable Greek god of release and ecstasy, is believed to rule this domain. The delivery of pent-up emotion through monologue or song and dance pleases a fluctuant god like Dionysus.
Depictions of the god are queer in both gender and sexuality, with multiple pronouns used to refer to Dionysus in the works of ancient playwrights.
Performers, able to transform as their mischievous deity is apt to do, welcome audiences into a new world for an evening. Free to explore identity in its endless variations, each stage production is its own event composed of unique choices made by both audience and performer.
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