METAMORPHOSES.

Mary Zimmerman's glorious adaptation of the epic poem by Ovid explores the concept, possibilities and consequences of change.

"Metamorphoses" brings Ovid's tales to stunning visual life. Set in and around a large pool of water, Zimmerman's masterpiece juxtaposes the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image to reflect the variety and persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change.

Mary Zimmerman, on why she chose to write a play based on stories thousands of years old says, “These myths have a redemptive power in that they are so ancient. There’s a comfort in the familiarity of the human condition.” Each vignette, and the play itself, is about change, which one can surmise from the title. These changes however are all related to love, which takes on many forms and leads the bearers to many things, both good and bad. In the end, even Midas is redeemed and is reunited with his daughter who had been turned to gold by his former love of money and power.

“[Metamorphoses] makes it easy to enter the heart and to believe in greater change as well… that we all can transform.” -- Mary Zimmerman

“… some myths keep human beings imprisoned in political and religious shackles. But other myths have redemptive power. They change the way we see our world and ourselves. Mary Zimmerman believes in the power of myth to transform, even to transform a swimming pool into an ocean of the imagination. That's what she's done… with her acclaimed play METAMORPHOSES. She's taken ancient Roman myths and brought them to life in the here and now.” – Bill Moyers

THE METAMORPHOSES PRIMER.





PARENTAL ALERT: "Metamorphoses" contains rear male nudity.



Ovid's myths leap from page to stage in Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed 'Metamorphoses'

by Jennifer de Poyen, The San Diego Union-Tribune

"As a girl growing up in small-town Nebraska, Mary Zimmerman lived in a world of fairy tales and dreams. Her parents were professors who filled their house with books, and she learned early on that reading was a "magic carpet ride" that carried her far away from the fields and plains that surrounded her.

She poured over pictures of white snakes and girls in towers for hours at a stretch, committing every detail to memory. She fantasized about inventing a machine that would record her dreams, so she could watch them when she woke up.

Then one day, rummaging through her mother's floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, she discovered Edith Hamilton's "Mythology." For a 5-year-old with a vivid imagination and a keen visual sense, the ancient Greek, Roman and Norse tales were a revelation..." MORE



THE CREATIVE TEAM.

Robert W. Prosch (Director), Jason Dittmer (Scenic Design), Val Johnson (Costume Design), Ann Deacon (Lighting Design), Jim Riley (Dramaturg), Jennifer Bondelid (Movement Coach), Sean Brennan (Properties)

THE CAST.

Jennifer Bondelid, Morgan Bondelid, Katy Brooks, Anthony Caldwell, Max Cole-Takanikos, Gwen Jones, Kent Junge, Savannah True Randall, Tristan A.B. Steel, Katie Woodzick, Dwight Zehm

THE CREW.

Stage Manager
Rob Scott

Sound Board Operator
TBA

Light Board Operator
Thoomas Allen

Stage Crew
Noelle Weiner

Scenic Painters/Builders
Thoomas Allen, Cally Beers, David Beers, Megan Besst, Charlie Bieber, Dale Boose, Daniel Estill, Sam Estill, Greg Garbarino, Ed Hewitson, Karen Leeds, Heather Mayhew, Sarah Parker, Heidi Price, Tony Price, Kenna Prosch, Rob Prosch, Rob Scott, Jim Troxel, and the "Metamorphoses" Cast.

Intern
Emily Moody




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SPECIAL THANKS.

Paul Busch; Craig Carlson, John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool; Rico Chiarelli Pacific Northwest Ballet; China City; Mike Cotton; The Everett Herald; Sue Frause, Whidbey Island Life; Frontier Building Supply; Gemkow Construction; Island Country Fire District #3; Christina Parker; Sound Publishing, South Whidbey School District; Challis Stringer, City of Langley; The Whidbey Daily; The Whidbey Examiner; and Whidbey Marketplace and News

Metamorphoses is produced by special arrangement with Bruce Ostler, Bret Adams, LTD.