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'Oedipus' in final days at Elgin's Janus Theatre

Posted February 25, 2009 10:00 pm

Celebrating 10 years, Janus Theatre will present "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28, and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 1, at the Elgin Art Showcase, eighth floor of the Professional Building, 164 Division St.

Tickets are $15 for seating and $10 for walkabout/standing. Group rates are available. Tickets can be reserved by calling (847) 841-1713.

In the play, the people of Thebes are under siege, suffering from a plague. There is only one man that can save them - Oedipus. They look to him to lift a terrible curse that has fallen on the city. Oedipus learns that he must find the man who murdered the former King of Thebes. But his relentless interrogation of one man after another leads him closer to a revelation about himself.

Audience members are invited to take part in the production by moving with the actors freely about the performance space, or they can see the performance seated next to the action.

For more information, visit www.janustheatre.wordpress.com. The production is sponsored in part by the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission and the Palmer Foundation.

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