Thespian Experimentation at the Villa, with Singing Frogs
The Troubadors posing in front of the Getty Villa with their fellow frog actors. A 2,400-year-old comedy. One week to work on it. Oh yeah—and it’s a musical. The Getty Villa is a hotbed of new ideas...
View ArticleUnmasking Scandal at Villa Theater Lab
Villa Theater Lab invites performers to work in residence at the Getty Villa for two weeks, workshopping new theater pieces and presenting them in four performances over a single weekend. For the past...
View ArticlePower in Puppetry
A look inside this weekend’s Villa Theater Lab performance, which retells ancient myth through the “transformative, magical beings” known as puppets Close-up of Cora, the ancient goddess Persephone...
View ArticleReimagining the Myth of the Minotaur on Stage at the Getty Villa
“As much as possible, this is a world of shadows.” And so begins the play. What unfolds in 90 minutes is a modern retelling of the myth of the Minotaur. Called Asterion, for the name some scholars give...
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