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Metamorphoses

TheatreUSF presents Metamorphoses.

Metamorphoses

Written by Mary Zimmerman (from Ovid's poem)

Spring 2008
Directed by Marc Powers and Michael Foley
Scenic Design: David Williams
Costume Design: Bill Brewer
Lighting Design: David Williams
Sound Design: Tony Fransway
Puppet Design: Bill Brewer and Teresa Trzaskus

: A blindfolded man presses a woman to him in n embrace by supporting her underneath her leg and her back while she has her arm wrapped around his neck and her head behind his. Characters in white attire surround the couple, six surrounding them by holding white drapes stretched end-to-end across a pool in the middle of the stage. Two women in white watch from the background while one watches from a platform above stage.

A group of characters stands posing with arms outstretched in various ways. A pair of characters stands at the front of the stage: a woman is looking at an apple as she accepts it from an elderly looking, hunched character.

Two characters embrace in the dark at the front of the stage. On either side of them, yet further back behind them, are characters holding lit candles in dishes, lighting up these characters in yellow light. Two men further behind these characters are illuminated in blue light, watching everything. Two characters behind these are elevated on a platform, embracing each other but not holding each other as their arms are extended behind the person they are embracing. A character is above this pair on another platform, holding white drapes in her hands.

A man and a woman sit on a mattress, the man has wings, and both are wearing sparse, white cloths draped on their skin.

A man is pushing himself upright from a pool, a fierce look on his face, while a woma holds onto his back with her arms wrapped around his chest.

Two characters are standing on the edge of a pool in the middle of the stage, one lying on their back with their arms and legs in the air and the other standing over the first, looking up and left while pointing at a third character standing on a platform looking down at the second character with his right hand and index finger pointed in the air.