The Jefferson College Theatre Department will stage a modern adaption of Euripides’ Greek tragedy, “Medea,” starting Thursday, Oct. 10, through Sunday, Oct. 13, at the Student Center’s Viking Room on the Hillsboro campus.
Performances are scheduled for 10 a.m. today, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets for today’s and Sunday’s performances cost $2 for all. Tickets cost $2 for students and senior citizens and $5 for others for the Friday and Saturday performances.
The show, part of the college’s PACE (Performing Arts and Cultural Enrichment) series, will not be held in the theater in the Fine Arts building, like it normally would, because of a $6.5 million renovation project underway on that building.
Seating for all performances in the Viking Room will be limited to 100 guests.
Director Rebecca Ellison, Jefferson College communications and theater professor, said Ben Power’s adaptation, which was first staged in 2014, is a powerful work.
“It is the story of a woman cast aside by her husband so that he can marry another and achieve power. It is her story of trying to reclaim her independence, work through her grief and exact her revenge.”
Ellison stressed that “Medea” is not for youngsters.
“The play contains adult situations and does involve death,” she said.
Tickets may be purchased online at jeffcopace.ludus.com or at the door. Tickets may be purchased at the door for cash only.