Eurydice
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Les Waters
Signature Theatre
May 13, 2025
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💉💉 out of 5.

Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl is a very popular play – – done by colleges and high schools around the county – one that I have seen many, many times.  I was very much looking forward to seeing my first professional production of the play.  I wish I had a better first professional showing than this one. The story is a most familiar one – it is the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and their ill fated love story.  Orpheus and Eurydice are young lovers in the land of the living, but soon in the story Eurydice dies on her wedding day. Orpheus then descends into the underworld to bring her back – – – but is given one condition: he cannot look back at her on their journey back to the upper world or he risks loosing her forever. Just as they are about to reach the land of the living, Orpheus, doubting Eurydice is truly behind him, turns to look, which causes her to vanish back into the Underworld.