“OMG, SHE KILLED HER KIDS…"

Euripides' Medea

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 7, 2010
Michael Burke, contact
615 481 4420 [email protected]

“OMG, SHE KILLED HER KIDS…”
PAPERSTRANGERS PERFORMANCE GROUP PRESENTS
AWARD-WINNING “MEDEA” FOR THE 2010 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Indianapolis, IN – paperStrangers Performance Group is proud to present its critically acclaimed production of Medea in the 2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Adapted and directed by paperStrangers Artistic Director Michael Burke, this award-winning production of Medea was previously staged at the Irving Theatre in Indianapolis, and sold out to standing-room-only in the 2009 IndyFringe Festival. Critics hailed the production as “one intensely, beautiful show”. Indianapolis’ NUVO Newsweekly called the production “a horror worthy of modern day movies”. Medea was named the FringeNext ‘Best Show’ from the 2009 IndyFringe Festival.
Medea opens on June 17, 2010 and runs eight shows through June 27, 2010 at The Dorie Theatre at the COMPLEX, located at 6474 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038. The performance runs approximately 60 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $10 at the door or online. Specific performance dates and times are as follows:

June 17 at 7:00 p.m. June 24 at 7:00 p.m.
June 18 at 7:00 p.m. June 25 at 7:00 p.m.
June 19 at 7:00 p.m. June 26 at 7:00 p.m.
June 20 at 7:00 p.m. June 27 at 7:00 p.m.

From the Director, paperStrangers Artistic Director Michael Burke
The play Medea was first performed in 431 B.C. and remains one of the most controversial pieces of literature today. Though we do care about Medea and Jason by the end of Euripides’ play, what we really want to know is what kind of woman this is who could choose such a course of revenge. What is in her head? What is in her heart? Is she a sadistic monster, or a victim of her own flawed humanity? These questions drive the creation of this adaptation. The basic action remains faithful to Euripides, but interspersed throughout are glimpses into the mentality of Medea, how she sees her own reality, revealing her innermost thoughts, struggles, and motivations as “reality” unfolds. This adaptation is genuinely one-of-a-kind, taking the audience directly under Medea’s skin, into her flesh, blood, love and fury.
About paperStrangers
paperStrangers Performance Group, founded in 2010 by Artistic Directors, Michael Burke and Tommy Lewey, is dedicated to creating astonishing live performance and is committed to pursuing art and performance as a continual exploration of what it is to be human in this life. We are creating performances that begin and end with each of us, utilizing the effectual live-ness of performance, providing imaginative and provocative presentation, and remaining committed to the investigation of our own humanity, in order to most effectively engage and involve our audiences. We are a theatre of feeling—an experience—one that resonates deep within each of us, and we persist in changing the minds of those who believe that to be impossible.

To purchase tickets for Hollywood Fringe performances, visit www.hollywoodfringe.org/project/view/13.
For more information about paperStrangers Performance Group and performance dates, times, and location, visit www.paperstrangers.org or email [email protected].

This production presented as a part of 2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
*Not suitable for children under age 11
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