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Sarah Alice Shull as Agave & Matt Krieg as Dionysus. Photo by Tyler Gabbard.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY –Northern Kentucky University opens its 2014-15 Theatre and Dance season with The Bacchae, running September 25 – October 5.

THE BACCHAE
By Euripedes
Directed by Sandra Forman
September 25 – October 5, 2014
NKU Robert & Rosemary Stauss Theatre

First performed in 405 BC after his death in exile, The Bacchae is Euripedes’ last play and greatest accomplishment. After several decades, the god Dionysus returns to his birthplace in Thebes in order to clear his mother’s name and reclaim his godly status. During Dionysus’ absence the kingdom is ruled by the misguided Pentheus who asserts reason and humanism over a belief in the gods. It was Pentheus’ decision to not allow the worship of the beloved Dionysus in Thebes creating civil unrest. Dionysus tries to persuade Pentheus to abandon his destructive path, but Pentheus does not relent ultimately forcing Dionysus to wield his power to protect his sacred homeland.

NKU’s production, directed by professor Sandra Forman, blends classical and contemporary elements to tell a story of decadence and debauchery, blurring the lines of good and evil. Forman’s cast brings to life the strange eroticism and tragic beauty that makes Euripides’ masterwork an alluring tale of power and revenge.

Show Times
Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 3pm
Monday & Tuesday are dark

Ticket prices
General Admission: $14
Senior (60+): $11
Student (with a valid ID): $8

For more information call the NKU Fine Arts Box Office at 859.572.5464 or go to Theatre.nku.edu.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY –Northern Kentucky University opens its 2014-15 Theatre and Dance season with The Bacchae, running September 25 – October 5.

THE BACCHAE
By Euripedes
Directed by Sandra Forman
September 25 – October 5, 2014
NKU Robert & Rosemary Stauss Theatre

First performed in 405 BC after his death in exile, The Bacchae is Euripedes’ last play and greatest accomplishment. After several decades, the god Dionysus returns to his birthplace in Thebes in order to clear his mother’s name and reclaim his godly status. During Dionysus’ absence the kingdom is ruled by the misguided Pentheus who asserts reason and humanism over a belief in the gods. It was Pentheus’ decision to not allow the worship of the beloved Dionysus in Thebes creating civil unrest. Dionysus tries to persuade Pentheus to abandon his destructive path, but Pentheus does not relent ultimately forcing Dionysus to wield his power to protect his sacred homeland.

NKU’s production, directed by professor Sandra Forman, blends classical and contemporary elements to tell a story of decadence and debauchery, blurring the lines of good and evil. Forman’s cast brings to life the strange eroticism and tragic beauty that makes Euripides’ masterwork an alluring tale of power and revenge.

Show Times

• Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm
• Sunday at 3pm
• Monday & Tuesday are dark

Ticket prices

• General Admission: $14
• Senior (60+): $11
• Student (with a valid ID): $8

For more information call the NKU Fine Arts Box Office at 859.572.5464 or go to Theatre.nku.edu

HIT THE OPEN ROAD FOR SOME HIGH-OCTANE FUN WITH COMMONWEALTH THEATRE COMPANY’S UPCOMING PRODUCTION

Joshua Steele, Wes Carman, Dain Paige & Roderick Justice.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY – The Commonwealth Theatre Company at Northern Kentucky University continues its 2014 Summer Dinner Theatre season with Route 66, running July 9-27.

ROUTE 66
Music & Lyrics by Peter Fleming
Book by Peter Fleming & Ruby Vega
Direction & Musical Direction by Jamey Strawn

It’s the 1960s and one of the Midwest’s premier groups, The Chicago Avenue Band, is about to embark on a journey down Route US 66 to make their West Coast debut on the Santa Monica Pier. Join our young troupe of musicians as they make their way through juke joints, diners, cheap motels and curio shops in this coming of age, groundbreaking adventure of discovery during one of the most interesting periods in history. They cruise along
Main Street USA, to live their dreams and fulfill their destinies. 
Along the way you will meet an array of colorful characters, that helped shape our cultural landscape, as they travel America’s Mother Road. 
Some are wacky, some are scary and other’s you’ll just fall in love with.

The cast is made-up of audience favorites Wes Carman, Roderick Justice, Dain Alan Paige, and Joshua Steele. After the show’s Highland Heights run, it will transfer to the Lincoln Amphitheatre in Lincoln City, Indiana for a weekend engagement in September.

PRICES:
Dinner & Show: $30

SHOW & DINNER TIMES:
Tuesday – Saturday: Dinner at 6:30pm Show at 8pm
Sunday: Dinner at 5pm and Show at 6:30pm

For more information and tickets call the NKU Fine Arts Box Office at 859.572.5464