The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

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Riot Act, Inc. Presents The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Fri. Nov. 15 and Sat. Nov. 16 at 7:30pm, doors at 7pm.

Riot Act, Inc.’s Studio 305 at Center for the Arts

$10 students/seniors, $12 adults, in advance at www.riotactinc.org or at the door

As portrayed in Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope – wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy – has become a symbol of wifely duty and devotion, enduring twenty years of waiting when her husband goes to fight in the Trojan War. As she fends off the attentions of a hundred greedy suitors, traveling minstrels regale her with news of Odysseus’ epic adventures around the Mediterranean – slaying monsters and grappling with amorous goddesses. When Odysseus finally comes home, he kills her suitors and then, in an act that served as little more than a footnote in Homer’s original story, inexplicably hangs Penelope’s twelve maids. Now, Penelope and her chorus of wronged maids tell their side of the story in a new stage version by Margaret Atwood, adapted from her own wry, witty and wise novel. ~ Faber Drama