The Great Greek Mythology Olympiaganza
Nov. 14-16 & 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 24 | 2 p.m.
Goode Theatre
Written by Don Zolidis
Directed by Ryan Clemens
Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation and general theatrical insanity. Famous myths such as Pandora’s Box, Jason and the Argonauts (the original Super Friends) and Hercules: Intern God jostle for space with obscure, weird stories such as the myth of Linus and the legend of the Argus. Culminating in a bizarre, musical dance-influenced version of the Iliad, complete with a full-scale battle of little green army men, this play is wild, silly, and a complete blast for audiences of all ages.
2024-2025 Season
The Revolutionists
Feb. 15-17 & 22-24, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 25, 2:00 p.m.
Goode Theatre
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Kate Clemons
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s infamous Reign of Terror. Hilarious, historical, heroic, and haunting, The Revolutionists is a rollicking ride through a Barbie-Movie-esque reverie/reality.
Award-winning playwright Lauren Gunderson bring us a witty, fast-paced dark comedy about art and activism, feminism and terrorism, and how we actually go about changing the world. We meet four forgotten women activists as they journey together through fear and self-doubt to empowerment, while dodging the guillotine with sparkling banter:
• Playwright/activist Olympe de Gouges, who uses her plays and pamphlets to promote abolition, women’s rights, feeding the hungry, and the fair treatment of illegitimate children.
• Assassin Charlotte Corday, who is bent on murdering the revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, no matter the personal cost.
• Caribbean freedom fighter Marianne Angelle, who exposes the hypocrisy of the French Revolutionaries maintaining a slave colony while chanting “fraternité, egalité, fraternite.”
• And the one we think we know, Marie Antoinette, who asks at her final moment, “Do you see? Do you see this woman? Do you see. Me. Now?”
The Play That Goes Wrong
Apr. 4-6 & 11-13, 7:30 p.m.
Apr. 14, 2:00 p.m.
Goode Theatre
By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields
Directed by Steve Earle
An award-winning masterpiece of malfunction! It’s opening night for the Cornley Drama Society and their new show, The Murder at Haversham Manor, but everything that can go wrong... does!
This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines).
The accident-prone but persistent thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
The Great Greek Mythology Olympiaganza
Nov. 14-16 & 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 24 | 2 p.m.
Goode Theatre
Written by Don Zolidis
Directed by Ryan Clemens
Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation and general theatrical insanity. Famous myths such as Pandora’s Box, Jason and the Argonauts (the original Super Friends) and Hercules: Intern God jostle for space with obscure, weird stories such as the myth of Linus and the legend of the Argus. Culminating in a bizarre, musical dance-influenced version of the Iliad, complete with a full-scale battle of little green army men, this play is wild, silly, and a complete blast for audiences of all ages.
The Revolutionists
Feb. 15-17 & 22-24, 7:30 p.m.
Feb. 25, 2:00 p.m.
Goode Theatre
By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Kate Clemons
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s infamous Reign of Terror. Hilarious, historical, heroic, and haunting, The Revolutionists is a rollicking ride through a Barbie-Movie-esque reverie/reality.
Award-winning playwright Lauren Gunderson bring us a witty, fast-paced dark comedy about art and activism, feminism and terrorism, and how we actually go about changing the world. We meet four forgotten women activists as they journey together through fear and self-doubt to empowerment, while dodging the guillotine with sparkling banter:
• Playwright/activist Olympe de Gouges, who uses her plays and pamphlets to promote abolition, women’s rights, feeding the hungry, and the fair treatment of illegitimate children.
• Assassin Charlotte Corday, who is bent on murdering the revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat, no matter the personal cost.
• Caribbean freedom fighter Marianne Angelle, who exposes the hypocrisy of the French Revolutionaries maintaining a slave colony while chanting “fraternité, egalité, fraternite.”
• And the one we think we know, Marie Antoinette, who asks at her final moment, “Do you see? Do you see this woman? Do you see. Me. Now?”
The Play That Goes Wrong
Apr. 4-6 & 11-13, 7:30 p.m.
Apr. 14, 2:00 p.m.
Goode Theatre
By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields
Directed by Steve Earle
An award-winning masterpiece of malfunction! It’s opening night for the Cornley Drama Society and their new show, The Murder at Haversham Manor, but everything that can go wrong... does!
This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines).
The accident-prone but persistent thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
The Great Greek Mythology Olympiaganza
Nov. 14-16 & 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 24 | 2 p.m.
Goode Theatre
Written by Don Zolidis
Directed by Ryan Clemens
Two battling narrators attempt to cover the entirety of Greek mythology using audience participation and general theatrical insanity. Famous myths such as Pandora’s Box, Jason and the Argonauts (the original Super Friends) and Hercules: Intern God jostle for space with obscure, weird stories such as the myth of Linus and the legend of the Argus. Culminating in a bizarre, musical dance-influenced version of the Iliad, complete with a full-scale battle of little green army men, this play is wild, silly, and a complete blast for audiences of all ages.
About ODURep
ODURep is the production arm of the Old Dominion University Theatre Program. The goal of ODURep is to give a voice to student and professional artists as we create theatre together for the Hampton Roads community.
Department of Communication & Theatre Arts
Theatre@ODU is home to passionate artists seeking to explore the possibilities, excitement and energy of the performing arts. ODURep is the production arm of the Old Dominion University Theatre Program in the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts.