Comedy
Lysistrata
Wed., March 3–Sat., March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Sun., March 7 at 2 p.m.
Harlen Adams Theatre
Original play by Aristophanes
Directed by Gail Holbrook
Musical Direction by Joel P. Rogers
Lysistrata was originally written by Aristophanes who is sometimes referred to as Ancient Greece’s Mel Brooks. In 2500 years, a few things have not changed: our conflicting feelings about war, our need for sex and the power struggle in both those areas. The dilemma is ageless and the solution is hilarious: the women of Athens decide to withhold sex (and money) until the men declare a truce with Sparta. This new adaptation still provides the rude, crude and lewd jokes but the music and dialogue are contemporary.
ADVANCE TICKETS: $15 Adult, $13 Senior, $6 Student/Child; available at the University Box Office, corner of 2nd Street and Normal Ave. (530.898.6333), or at Lysistrata Online Tickets.
