Lysistrata

ODURep with the generous support of the Hellenic Studies Endowment
Adapted by Ellen McLaughlin,
based on the play by Aristophanes
Directed by Chris Hanna

In conjunction with the 40th Annual ODU Literary Festival

GOODE THEATRE

When the nookie stops, the laughs begin! Peloponnesian Wars, Greece. 411 BC. Treacherous leaders push weary warriors to fight for valor, demanding 'Put it in for Athens!' But their angry wives demand peace instead, telling their men, 'Then don't put it in us!' The result is the world's first sex strike. When the nookie stops, the laughs begin. Aristophanes' masterpiece is as funny and outrageous today as it was to Classical audiences. Ellen McLaughlin's irreverent new adaptation adds contemporary humor and circus antics (clown balloons go a long way to make penetrating points), proving that great civilizations should never allow their funny bones to go soft.

"Scandalous humor! Anyone caught laughing should be spanked and bound in handcuffs." — Athens Fake News Gazette

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