Eurydice

A Note from the Director

“The first time I read this play, fully (sorry to every professor who assigned and I skimmed it), was on the train to brooklyn after seeing Hadestown on Broadway. Something about that show left me needing more, and maybe something different. Sarah Ruhl’s play was exactly what I needed, it was so full of whimsy, poeticism, and the perfect sense of humor to make my brain spark. Something in me knew this would be the work I needed to tackle and that seed hasn’t left my brain since.

Just before this, I had finished directing my first play, an edited version of Frank Wedekind’s Spring Awakening, the show that made me fall in love and made me want to pursue a career in theatre in the first place. I somehow convinced a group of friends to perform it outside with me as a send off to my time at Wayne State. Having spent as much time as possible hanging in the dance department at school, a good chunk of the people who I could convince to work for free were dancers and so I cast them.

Hannah, Amanda, Maddy, and Eric. They are the root of what I’m working towards now. They went into an acting process with complete trust, and took the risk as an artist. The time we spent together opened up my eyes to the worlds you can create when dancers begin to speak

This play is so special, the world it builds has allowed us to play, to experiment, to long, to love, to throw ourselves at the wall. All of my favorite things, and I’m so excited to get to share it with you.

– Kevin