Mary Zimmerman’s play Metamorphoses is a dramatic, emotional
play that I highly recommend people to go see. In 90 minutes, the actors give a
whirlwind of emotions throughout the whole play; from loved ones dying to
people being rejoiced by Gods. It ties in how Gods would act as a regular
person walking the street and the feeling they have when love and heartbreak is
tied into their lives. The play goes through different stories to explain a
journey Midas goes through.
The play is about how the king, Midas,
was powerful and wanted more power. He asked Silenus that whenever he touches
an object that it will turn it into gold. Silenus granted him the wish, but
when Midas touches’ his daughter and turns her into gold, he begs Bacchus to
take the spell back. Bacchus tells him that the only way the spell can go away
is walking to the ends of the Earth and find a pool where the stars reflect
through it.
On Midas’ journey he runs into different
stories with God’s in the “real world” and how they face the situations. One of
the stories was about a woman named Alycone and Ceyx. Ceyx was going to sea to
visit an oracle. Alycone was very weary of him going out to sea, but Cyex
convinced her that everything was going to be ok. Days later, Poseidon, the sea
of God, destroys Ceyx’s ship and kills him at sea. His wife Alycone was
devastated but the God’s granted them to see each other. The both were reunited
and turned into sea birds. The play goes through other experiences that display
emotion and trials each person faces through their story.
I think that Professor VerNoy did an
excellent job on choreographing the play as great as the others shown in big
arenas. I also think the actors made the characters come alive in every scene
and story. They were able to show emotion and be able to let the audience
understand the point of every myth. It brought tears to one’s eye and joy to one’s
heart when something wonderful happened. This is a play I would see more than once,
just to fall in love with it all over again.
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