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Aristophanes' "Eκκλησιαζoυσαι" (The Congressladies)

Friday, February 27, 2015 - 12:00am to Sunday, March 8, 2015 - 12:00am
Mainstage Theater, Theater Arts Center (UCSC)
Presented by: 
Theater Arts Department

Directed by professor Danny Scheie. Adapted by professor Mary-Kay Gamel from the ancient play Ecclesiazusae by Aristophanes in which the women of Athens don men's clothes, take seats in the Assembly, and command a majority of votes to carry a series of revolutionary proposals—including special clauses to secure the rights of the less attractive members of the sex to the service of the younger and handsomer men.

Explicit material, nudity, and adult content.
Production also features gunfire sound effects and fog/haze.

There may be no intermission. TBD.

Friday-Sunday, Feb. 27–Mar. 1 &
Thu-Sun, Mar. 5-8

7:30pm (Sundays at 3:00pm)
Doors open 30 minutes before curtain.

Tickets will go on sale in mid-January.
$15 general
$12 seniors 62+
$12 youth and students w/ ID
santacruztickets.com, UCSC Ticket Office (831-459-2159) and SC Civic (831-420-5260)

SPECIAL OFFER!!
"BUY-ONE GET-ONE FREE"

Sundays at 3:00pm
Thursday at 7:30pm
(see "BUY-ONE GET-ONE FREE" link online or purchase at the door)

Parking by permit only. $4.