The 2008–2009 production season will be devoted to six original interpretations of T.S. Eliot's “The Waste Land.” Combining political, ecological, and artistic contemplation of our current state, the season will illuminate theater from a larger stage than the one usually focused on acting. Please check back regularly for more information about each production and to purchase tickets.
Spring Quarter
Senior Project
MedeaMedeaMedea
a sleeper jump production
May 7, 8 & 9 at 9pm
 MedeaMedeaMedea draws inspiration from "MedeaMaterial," a theatrical reinterpretation of the Medea character and her story, as told by Euripides and Seneca. This postmodern collage combines the ancient language of Euripides and Seneca with that of dreams and the modern landscape.
 •Directed by Michelle Sutherland | May 7-9 in Prosser Studio Theater
 The Waste Land Project
wAsted
directed by Juan Batiz-Benet & Kendra Allenby
May 14 & 16 at 8pm
May 15 at 8pm & 10:30pm
"wAsted" is the final production in Stanford Drama's season of original performance projects inspired by T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land." This is the first main season production written, directed, designed, and performed entirely by Stanford undergraduates.
A wide variety of dramatic styles, themes, and characters come together in this collection of original sketches--sometimes humorous, sometimes disquieting--but always approaching the heart of social, political and environmental issues as they echo from Eliot's world into our own.
Tickets $15 general; $10 faculty, staff & senior citizens; $5 students.
•Directed by Juan Batiz-Benet & Kendra Allenby| May 14-16 in Roble Studio Theater
 Senior Project
BLACK SOUNDS
Elisabeth Barnick's Senior Project
May 21, 22 and 23 at 9pm
Memorial Hall Lower Loading Dock
A performance project adapted from works by Federico García Lorca.
"If we meditate on it and are filled with true pity, we will carry out beheadings as one of the greatest acts of mercy. Mercy for the blind blood that, following the natural laws, wants to empty out into the sea." --"Beheading of the Innocent."
FREE ADMISSION.
•Directed by Nell Barnick | May 21-23 in Memorial Hall Loading Dock
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