THE FABLEMyths withstand the test of time because they continue to speak to our innermost longings. In these myths, water stands in as a representation of our unconscious minds – our dreams and, equally, our nightmares. Immersed, we are transformed by these longings; some conscious, some unconscious. Sometimes we are transformed through desire, sometimes through pain. But with every transformation, no matter how painful, we learn how to become more vulnerable to love.
CHAPTERS
- Midas
- Alcyone and Ceyx
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Eros and Psyche
- Baucis and Philemon
TEAM
DIRECTOR Anne Kelly
CHOREOGRAPHER Nathan Makolandra
SCENIC DESIGNER Abril Jiang
SCENIC ASSISTANT Kelly Hayes
COSTUME DESIGNER Kaiqi Zhang
COSTUME ASSISTANT Sage Collopy
LIGHTING DESIGNER Kyle Eichinger
LIGHTING ASSISTANT Quinn Iris
HEAD ELECTRICIAN Lonnie Kim
SOUND DESIGNER Simon Linsteadt
SOUND ASSISTANT Lonnie Kim
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR I-Hua Huang
TECHNICAL ASSISTANT Khoi He
PRODUCER Keely Cobb
PRODUCTION MANAGER Jeffrey Teeter
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER
Darby Huffaker
STAGE MANAGER Ruiqi Tong
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER AndreaVelázquez
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Cherin Kim
LINK TO SHOW PRODUCTION PHOTOS
STORYBOARD VISUALIZATION - FINAL PASS
Midas | “Grant me that everything I touch... will turn to solid gold.”
Alcyone and Ceyx | “Reef the sail! Bail the water! Secure the spars!”
Orpheus and Eurydice | “Farewell.” That was his last sight of her.
But he saw it again and again.
But he saw it again and again.
Alcyone and Ceyx | She began to run toward Ceyx, transforming.
By the time she reached him, she was a bird.
By the time she reached him, she was a bird.
Baucis and Philemon | “Why bother knocking here? Whoever lives here
obviously has nothing.”
obviously has nothing.”
Eros and Psyche | The soul wanders in the dark, until it finds love.
SCENIC DRAWINGS - FINAL
SITE-SPECIFIC AUDIENCE SEATING
PROCESS MODEL
DESIGN FABLEScenes from Metamorphoses is a fresh and inventive staging of Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of Ovid’s timeless collection of Greek myths, brought to life through a highly choreographic, site-specific activation of Chouinard Pool.
Design-wise, Metamorphoses is about the transformation of the site—about bringing the audience into an expanded imaginative world through the site itself, allowing the space to shift, unfold, and metamorphosize through five myths into a world larger than the space we are in.
FIRST DESIGN REVIEW