Medea Comes to Our Town at McCadden Place Theatre

Two worlds collide when Medea, the mother of all tragedies, crashes the mundanity of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. One particular citizen of this land, the Doctor's Wife, dawdles aimlessly in her everyday life as dictated by her drama's first act. She plays her part, but something deep within her yearns for more. A strange barbarian woman from ancient Greece descends upon the stage, halting the normal course of life, marriage and death. Medea, fresh from her own play's denouement, seeks refuge from all the carnage made by her lustful vengeance. Her deed is done: Children murdered and a husband destroyed. With her story now concluded, Medea sets out to create her own tale for the ages and lays claim to the epithet of playwright. A chance meeting between these two women from opposite genres shifts the theatrical course from a linear to a non-linear narrative. The Doctor's Wife now finds herself questioning the meaning of her existence as Euripides' immortal character throws their worlds into a tailspin. Perhaps the simple charms of Our Town might in turn soothe Medea's savage soul. One thing's for sure: Nothing will ever be the same for these women as the very nature of theater gets torn asunder.