Eurydice

Ancient Greek myth gets a mind-bending update in the University of Indianapolis production of Eurydice, opening April 17.

The 2003 play by Sarah Ruhl retells the legend of the musician-prophet Orpheus and his journey through the underworld by focusing on his doomed wife, Eurydice. The New York Times called it “weird and wonderful … an inexpressibly moving theatrical fable about love, loss and the pleasures and pains of memory.”

The UIndy Department of Theatre production takes the adaptation even further by incorporating, through recordings and live performance, classic rock hits suited to the themes and setting.

“It’s a bit radical,” says Director of Theatre Brad Wright, promising a spectacle of projections, lighting and sound effects, electric guitar and an elaborate set that includes a working elevator.

Elise Campagna plays the lead role of Eurydice, torn between her living husband (Luke Garrigus) and her dead father (Kyle Mishler) and menaced by “A Nasty Interesting Man/Lord of the Underworld” (Josh Kruze). Wright provides direction and sound design.