March 11, 2005: Volume 63, Number 10

Play by senior combines myth and modern tragedy

"Medea Yates," an explosive one-act play written and directed by senior Phillip J.M. Chorba, will be staged Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 13, at 2 p.m. in Yulman Theater.

Performances are free and open to the public.

The play spins a modern interpretation of the Medea myth, a Greek tragedy by Euripides, set in modern day Texas. Chorba crosses the myth with elements from the highly publicized murder case of Andrea Yates, the Texas mother convicted in 2002 of drowning her five children in a bathtub. 

Chorba calls his one act play "a classical tragedy infused with modern events."

The cast includes students Carly Hirschberg, Cat Howlett, Charles Holiday, Andrew Burke and Cooper Braun-Enos. The play uses video clips to emphasize themes and plotlines. The background music is by Tom Waits.

For more information, contact the Yulman Theater box office at (518) 388-6545 or visit http://www.union.edu/theatre/current_season/.

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