The story of Apollo and Daphne was written around the year zero by the Roman poet Ovid in the Metamorphoses. Ovid was a trainee lawyer and student of rhetoric. In the story, a woman named Daphne ...

Frances Myatt has received research funding from the University of Cambridge and the Caroline Fitzmaurice Trust. Even if you haven’t heard of Ovid, you almost certainly know some of his stories. His ...

Shortly after Courtney Smith joined Bates in the fall of 2024 as an associate professor of theater, he floated an idea for a production that was both over-the-top ambitious and absolute catnip to his ...

What do lovers turning into seabirds or a dying couple transforming into a tree have in common? They are two of the tales collected in Mary Zimmerman’s interesting and experimental play “Metamorphoses ...

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How receptive are you to the idea of transformation? This Saturday, Cabrillo College‘s Theater Arts Department opens its production of Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses,” based on the epic poem by Roman ...

The cast of “Metamorphoses” makes frequent use of a pool at the center of the set, designed by Jason Simms. Evelyn Chen, top, is a New York City-based actor and dancer making her Berkshire Theatre ...

Seemingly at random, the 10 actors in director Isadora Wolfe’s reasonably involving production at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre, emerge in half light from a pool that dominates Jason Simms ...

PITTSFIELD — Set in and around a pool, Mary Zimmerman's “Metamorphoses” is drawn from David R. Slavitt’s translation of Ovid’s epic collection of poems that track nothing less than the creation of the ...

Ovid's work is brought to stunning life as his ancient tales collide with modern sensibility and become more relevant than tomorrow. An exploration of the uncontainable power of love and the joys and ...

Warner Bros. Discovery recently fixed a silly mistake and put the “HBO” back in Max. Unfortunately a return to the site’s old name hasn’t stopped it’s owner from pulling the same old crap. Last year ...