METAMORPHOSES is based on Ovid's 15-volume work of transformation myths. Positioned in and around a large pool on the stage, the characters enact Zimmerman's adaptations of Ovid's tales, juxtaposing the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image.

METAMORPHOSES was originally produced by Lookingglass Theatre Company, Chicago, October 1998

Premiered in New York City by The Second Stage Theatre, New York, September 2001

Artistic Director: Carole Rothman

Managing Director:  Carol Fishman

Executive Director:  Alexander Fraser

OVID’S METAMORPHOSES translated by David Slavitt, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

Rainer Maria Rilke’s Poem ORPHEUS, EURYDICE, HERMES. Translated by Stephen Mitchell, 1995 Modern Library.

METAMORPHOSES is produced by special arrangement with Bruce Ostler, BRET ADAMS, LTD., 448 West 44th Street, New York,  NY  10036. www.bretadamsltd.net