Critical Mass Performance Group Presents An Alcestis Project

The latest work in progress by this ambitious experimental-theater ensemble explores ancient myths of the faithful wife who descends to the realm of the dead. Under the direction of Nancy Keystone, the play takes its name from the Greek heroine Alcestis, a queen and mother who volunteers to die in place of her husband. Drawing on a long history of interpretation by dramatists, poets, and composers of opera, Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Group present the first draft of their mythic research.