Don't miss 'Lysistrata' on the UAA Mainstage - March 1-10, 2019
by Michelle Saport |
The UAA Department of Theatre and Dance proudly presents: Lysistrata! Join us as UAA theatre students work with a 2,400-year-old anti-war, sex comedy that remains as relevant today and as dirty as ever. This bawdy comedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes was first staged in 411 BCE. It is the comic account of one woman's extraordinary mission to end the Peloponnesian War, by convincing the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands as a means of forcing the men to negotiate a peace. The men quickly learn that they can have war or sex, but not both.
This particular version of Lysistrata was adapted by Jeffery Henderson. Making the dialogue approachable, the jokes hilarious, and the play as ridiculous and bawdy as it was over two thousand years ago.
Lysistrata plays at the UAA Mainstage Theatre March 1-10, with showtimes at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are on sale now at ArtsUAA.com.
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