Alcestis in Baghdad

by Johnna Adams
Produced by Hunter College Theatre Department
Loewe Theater, NYC

Scenic Design: Chris Morris
Sound Design: Brian Hurley
Costume Design: Deb O

A modern day riff of Euripides’ Alcestis, where a midwestern housewife shows up unannounced in Baghdad, believing she’s on a mission from the god Apollo to sacrifice herself in order to save her soldier husband’s life.