Detroit Mercy Theatre Company Opens Season 56 with Sarah Ruhl’s EURYDICE
DETROIT — Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) will open its 56th season with Sarah Ruhl’s imaginative play Eurydice, running Nov. 6-15 in the Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus.
The production marks a special moment for both Detroit Mercy Theatre Company and University of Detroit Mercy as the University celebrates its 150th anniversary. Eurydice will serve as the featured event for November in UDM’s yearlong celebration, inviting audiences to experience a contemporary reimagining of the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as told by Eurydice.
After her untimely death, Eurydice journeys into the Underworld, where she encounters her father amidst a mysterious landscape. When Orpheus arrives to bring her back to the world of the living, Eurydice must make a profound choice between the pull of her former life and the possibility of remaining with her father.
“Eurydice is a beautiful play about memory,” said Sarah Hawkins Rusk, managing director of Detroit Mercy Theatre Company. “It feels particularly meaningful to begin our season with a story that invites us to look backward while also considering what we carry with us into the future as the University marks this important milestone in its history.”
Noted Detroit theatre director Kennikki Jones-Jones and alumni guest performer Peter Prouty ’00 join the company for this production.
“Returning to Detroit Mercy Theatre Company feels like coming home, but I'm coming home older, wiser, and more confident, humbly excited to share what I've learned,” said Prouty, who has gone on to have a successful professional career in the theatre. “UDM is where my soul began its journey in earnest. Hopefully I can impart some of my experiences to the students.”
The production also continues DMTC’s commitment to presenting high-quality theatre in its new home. The Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre, located in the Lower Level of the Student Union, provides Detroit Mercy Theatre Company with a dedicated performance and teaching space on the McNichols Campus and creates new opportunities for students, artists and audiences to experience theatre in an intimate setting.
Eurydice runs seven performances Nov. 6-15 in the Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre on University of Detroit Mercy’s McNichols Campus.
