The enchanting yet devastating story of Orpheus and Eurydice will be brought to life in the MICDS community this weekend in Eurydice. Get your tickets fast because, trust me, you won’t want to miss it.

If you are a fan of Greek mythology, great character work, haunting stories, or beautiful music, Eurydice is for you. Directed by Patrick Huber, fine arts teacher, and Eliza Dorf ‘23, Eurydice tells the story of two lovers, Orpheus (Grant Nicholson ‘24), a brooding musician, and Eurydice (Robyn Davies ‘26), a smart and intellectual girl who loves to read. The show will be performed in Vincent Price theater, the first blackbox show since The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in 2019. 

The audience sees Eurydice’s side of the well-known story, a rare perspective of a story typically told from her lover’s point of view. She tells her story of her love, hardship, and loss as she marries her husband and descends into the underworld. Eurydice encounters talking stones, the River Lethe in the form of a raining elevator, and a berating from the King of the Underworld.

Eurydice arrives in the underworld and reunites with her father. Intertwined between heartbreaking scenes with Eurydice and her father, Orpheus gives intriguing monologues about longing for his beloved. He goes mad to find her and save her, but the crisis of the story is that it might be too late.

In addition to Eurydice and Orpheus, other characters include Eurydice’s father (Charlie Fischer ‘24) and The Interesting Man/Child (Anik Jukanti ‘25). Also included: the three stones, The Big Stone (Livi Thomas ‘23), The Small Stone (Ash Aranha ‘23), and The Loud Stone (Lilia Oulamine ‘26).

All of the actors do a wonderful job bringing their characters to life with surprising depth and emotion. Even the Stones strike a chord with the audience as they listen to their words. The Interesting Man, who guides Eurydice to the underworld is mysterious and thrilling in his own sense. His repetition can send chills down your spine. 

Along with the two leads, I would like to applaud Fischer in his beautiful performance as Eurydice’s father, a surprisingly important role. At the beginning of the show he sits mostly in the shadows watching and longing to be with his daughter on her wedding day. When he reunites with her later there is a sense of familiarity between the two. Later on he gives an extremely intriguing monologue that describes not just the yearning to forget but the importance of remembering.

Along with the great character work, the music, all acoustic, not only provides great backing tracks to the scenes but tells the story in its own right. All musicians (Lauren Bell ‘23, Grant Highland ‘23, Ava Janes ‘23, and Miles Rainwater ‘23) do a fantastic job at portraying the story through the use of music, not only as a soundtrack, but as an experience all together. The show wouldn’t be nearly as great without them as they add another layer of storytelling to the already heartbreaking tale.

In all, Eurydice is an introspective and transient show. The modern and complicated take on the Greek myth is like no other. Make sure to snag a ticket while you can. 

Performances are this weekend.
Friday, 7pm (SOLD OUT)

Saturday, 7pm (SOLD OUT)

Sunday, 2pm