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There are many myths that tell the story of Medea. The history is that she saved Jason by destroying her own family, and by making the daughters of Pelias kill their own family. Now, married to Jason, she finds that he has remarried and abandoned their children. In a desperate and powerful act, she kills her own children. While behaving like a barbarian, she uses the rhetoric and ethical constructs of the civilized Greek world to justify her horrifying revenge. It is Euripides' particular genius that gives the story shape and emotional complexity. His Medea has haunted Western theater for 2,400 years, presenting one of the strongest female characters ever to appear on stage.

"It has an elemental power." N.Y. Daily News.

"High powered ... classic theatre that should not be missed." N.Y. Post.

"We sit mesmerized ... as Euripides gives us a lesson in what theater is all about." N.Y. Times.

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