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 Averett University offers a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre that teaches students the skills and knowledge they need to carry on this tradition of storytelling, with a thorough grounding in acting, writing, stagecraft, directing, and more. 

Medusa Undone

Bella Poynton is a playwright, director, and theatre scholar from Buffalo, NY. Her plays have been produced and developed at Alleyway Theatre, The Great Plains Theatre Festival, Road Less Traveled Productions, 3rd Act Theatre Company, The Bechdel Group, MadLab Theatre, Otherworld Theatre Company, Antaeus Theatre Company, Pittsburgh New Works Festival, First Look Buffalo and Theatre Viscera, among others. Poynton has been a finalist for the Christopher Brian Wolk Playwriting Award, the Heideman Award, the Woodward/Newman Drama Award, the Sam French OOB Festival, and the Maxim Mazumdar Playwriting Competition.

Recently, her work has been published in The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2019, The Best American Short Plays 2018-2019, The Weirdest Plays of 2020, and WE-US: Monologues for Gender Minority Characters. Her scholarly work has been published in Comparative Drama, Theatre/Practice, Global Performance Studies, Texas Theatre Journal and Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism.

Poynton is a co-chair of the Playwriting Symposium at the Mid America Theatre Conference, and the director of the Playwrights Wing at First Look Buffalo Theatre Company. MFA, Iowa Playwrights Workshop; PhD, SUNY Buffalo.

Summary

A theatrical retelling of the little-known Medusa origin story. Before she was one of the greatest mythical monsters of all time, Medusa was a kind, beautiful sea-nymph in Athena's service. Unparalleled in both her beauty and devotion to the Gods, Medusa catches the eye of the charming but narcissistic Poseidon. Interested only in the passions of the spirit, and not the flesh, Medusa feels she has no choice but to reject the greedy God. For this, she not only suffers violence at the hand of Poseidon, but also incites a deep-seated jealousy in Athena, with horrific and disturbing consequences. Medusa Undone explores how rape culture reverberates through the ages, and calls attention to the great injustice suffered by female victims of abuse.

History
Medusa Undone was the winner of the 8th Annual New Play Festival at Panndora Productions in 2014. Panndora produced the play at the Garage Theatre in Long Beach, CA in 2015. In 2019, Medusa Undone was produced at Post-Industrial Productions in Buffalo, NY and at Otherworld Theatre in in Chicago, IL. 3rd Act Theatre Company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma mounted a production in 2021.

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Available Pricing Options

  • Adult : $20.00 + $1.65 fee
  • Senior Citizen : $15.00 + $1.46 fee
  • Non Averett Student : $5.00 + $1.09 fee

Performances

Run Time

2:00

Venue

Violet T Frith Fine Arts Center

Pritchett Auditorium

Genre

Play , Drama , Contemporary

Box Office Contact

434-791-5867

theatre@averett.edu

Website

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Accessibility Offerings

Wheelchair Seating

Service Animals Welcome

Nursing Mothers and Changing Stations

Content Warning: This play contains adult language and mature subject matter, including discussions of sexual assault. It is intended for mature audiences.