By LILY TINOCO | Assistant Editor
The Getty Villa Theater Lab will host three workshop productions of “The Unraveling” beginning Friday, November 8.
Presented by Ghost Road Company and inspired by the myth of Circe, “The Unraveling” is a new play said to explore the “banishment of women of a certain age in our society,” according to Getty Villa. The show was devised in a workshop with the ensemble and directed by Ghost Road Artistic Director Katharine Noon.
“A classics professor has escaped to a remote mountaintop to exist on her own in isolation, only to have her carefully curated world invaded by a young video gamer and her estranged daughter,” according to a synopsis.
Getty’s Villa Theater Lab is an ongoing series that has provided a forum for reinterpretations of classical theater.
“The Getty Villa Lab Series has been instrumental in Ghost Road’s development process for two of our pieces: ‘Orestes’ and ‘Asterion,’” Noon said in a statement. “Both shows went onto full productions, and toured nationally and internationally. Without the support and resources provided by the Getty Villa none of that would have been possible.”
“The Unraveling” is the third time Ghost Road has participated in the Lab Series.
“The extraordinary team at the Villa have created an essential space for the exploration and creation of new work,” the statement continued. “We are again grateful for this opportunity and the possibilities it provides.”
The workshop performances will run Friday, November 8, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 9, at 2 p.m.; and Sunday, November 10, at 2 p.m. A Q&A with the director and members of the company will take place following Saturday’s performance.
Tickets to the show are free, but a reservation is required for event entrance.
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