Mary zimmerman the odyssey pdf

Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Argonautikacontinues this tradition of carefully selecting which pieces of a Greek story to emphasize, where to begin and end the story, and which characters to feature. Her version focuses on Jason and Medea and begins with an invocation by the chorus that summarizes the story of Helle and Phrixus. 2 and respond to the so-called 'closed texts' of the classical canon. I am interested in looking at what happens after the Odyssey - in particular, how the reception and characterisation of Penelope in Margaret Atwood's 2005 novel, The Penelopiad, is affected by Atwood's awareness of the Odyssey's status as a canonical, closed, received text. Mary Zimmerman loved to read. Among the many classics she read at a young age were The Odyssey and Edith Hamilton's Mythology. These stories and mythology brought her to this conclu-sion: "what these myths are really about…is that life equals change, it equals loss. And you have to embrace it. You have to sort of go with it." Zimmerman Uninspired and exasperated, the woman continues to read the story sleepily until the Muse allows her to become the narrator god herself, Athena. From this transformation onward, Zimmerman allows the woman perspectives and escapades drive the show. Athena acts the spokesperson for Oddyseus' adventures, rising beyond him in plot importance. Mary Alice Zimmerman was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of two University of Nebraska professors. She moved to Chicago to pursue her education, and has received her Bachelor of The Odyssey, The Secret in the Wings, and Arabian Nights. She was director and co-librettist of the new opera Galileo Galilei with Phillip Glass Zimmerman has directed several theatrical adaptations of literary works in addition to Metamorphoses, including Journey to the West, the Odyssey, Silk, Arabian Nights (1994), and The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (2003). In 2004 she directed a production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Mary Zimmerman returns to the Shakespeare Theatre Company to direct for the first time since her 2004 production of Pericles. Zimmerman received national attention when she won the 2002 Tony Award for Direction for Metamorphoses and has since gained critical acclaim for Argonautika at the Lookingglass Theatre and Berkeley Repertory. Mary Zimmerman . Table of Contents . Page 1 - A Note from Artistic Director Robert Falls . Page 3 - 76 Trombones, 62 Years Ago: The Music Man's Debut . The Odyssey . to the Chinese legend . The White Snake —Zimmerman is quick to praise the makers of the American musical. "I am always fascinated to learn 2014 UW University Theatre: choreography for Mary Zimmerman's The Odyssey production 2014 Xavier Preparatory- Forest Dreams 2013 Anahata Dance Company- Righting Reflexes 2013 Megan Thompson- Refrain 2013 Yonim Israeli Folk Dance Troupe- Guts Gedenkt Men (Kindness is Felt) The Arabian Nights: A Play, by Mary Zimmerman. PDF Download The Arabian Nights: A Play, by Mary Zimmerman. The Arabian Nights: A Play, The Odyssey, The Arabian Nights, Eleven Rooms of Proust, and Journey to the West. Mostly recently she directed and wrote the libretto for Galileo Galilee, the new opera by Philip Glass, which premiered at March 2002). 1 Zimmerman, a professor of performance studies at Northwestern and a former MacArthur fellow, is a major figure in innovative theatrical venues nationwide.