The Odyssey by Homer
Adapted by Tom Isbell
Based on a translation by Samuel Butler
Music by Louis Dunoyer de Segonzac

April 21 – 23 & 27 – 30, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
April 24, 2011 @ 2 pm
Mainstage Theatre, Marshall Performing Arts Center

Directed by Ann Aiko Bergeron

Homer’s epic tale springs to life in a world premiere musical.  With music by award-winning French composer Louis Dunoyer de Segonzac, The Odyssey follows Odysseus’s ten-year journey home following the Trojan War.  Encountering gods, sirens and monsters and pining for his wife, the ever-faithful Penelope, The Odyssey is an enduring story of adventure, love and romance.

SPECIAL UMD PLANETARIUM SHOWS:  UMD Theatre and Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium team together with “Odyssey Skies” – April 20 @ 7 pm, April 22 @ 7 pm, April 24 @ 12:30 pm, April 25 @ 7 pm, and April 26 @ 7 pm.  Location: UMD Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium.

More information: http://www.d.umn.edu/theatre

Tickets:  218-726-8561  – http://www.tickets.umn.edu (Online tickets incur an additional $1 fee.)

$18 – adult, $13 – senior (62 & up) /student, $8 –  child (12 & under), $6 –  UMD student

Sponsored by 95KQDS and NU92.