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An exciting new forum for the reinterpretation of classical theater, the Villa Theater Lab series features new translations of Greek and Roman plays as well as contemporary works inspired by ancient literature. Tickets are only $7.
Evening Dining at the Villa
Ticketholders to evening performances are invited to come early to enjoy a special menu at the Cafe.
Coming up:
Previously in 2008:
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Dates: Friday, May 16, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 17, 3:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Villa, Auditorium
Admission: Tickets $7. Call (310) 440-7300 or use the "Get Tickets" button below to buy tickets online.
Chicago's critically acclaimed Lookingglass Theatre Company presents Icarus, an inventive new work created by artistic director David Catlin. Inspired by the myth of Icarus and Daedalus, Icarus brings Lookingglass's highly visual and physical aesthetic to this ancient story. Using myth, psychological theory, visual metaphor, song, gravity-defying circus, and complex choreographic movement, Icarus explores the psychological desire to take to the air, the need of a father to have his child succeed, and the dizzying despair of falling.
Talkback with David Caitlin
Following the 3:00 p.m. performance on Saturday, May 17, director David Caitlin and members of the Icarus cast discuss the making of the play and take your questions.
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Previously in 2008:
Dates: Friday, February 1, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 2, 3:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 3, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Villa, Auditorium
Admission: Tickets $7.
Award-winning actor and playwright Ellen McLaughlin brings her one-woman theatrical/musical piece Penelope to the Getty Villa's Theater Lab. A woman's husband appears at her door after an absence of 20 years, suffering from brain damage. A veteran of a modern war, he doesn't know who he is and she doesn't know who he's become. While they wait together for his return to himself, she reads him The Odyssey, and in the journey of that book, she finds a way into her former husband's memory and the terror and trauma of war. McLaughlin combines her talents with those of composer Sarah Kirkland Snider and the Eclipse Ensemble under the direction of director Lisa Rothe to present a modern adaptation of this ancient text, which continues to resonate today.
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Dates: Friday, February 15, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 16, 3:00 p.m. (followed by special talkback with the playwright and director) and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 17, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Villa, Auditorium
Admission: Tickets $7.
Playwright Luis Alfaro, recipient of a 1997 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and director Jon Lawrence Rivera present this violent and charged adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus the King. A restless young man, recently paroled out of a California state prison, enters the underworld of la vida loca in the barrios of downtown Los Angeles in his desire to escape his past and destiny. A violence awaits as the secrets of his life haunt him while he challenges the gods in his desire to be a king.
This workshop contains adult themes and strong language.
Talkback with Luis Alfaro and Jon Lawrence Rivera
Following the afternoon performance on Saturday, February 16, playwright Luis Alfaro and director Jon Lawrence Rivera discuss the making of the play and take your questions.
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Dates: Friday, April 11, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, 3:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 13, 3:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Villa, Auditorium
Admission: Tickets $7.
Director Michael Hackett and Olivier Award-winning British actor Henry Goodman collaborate to bring Sophocles' great meditation on war, honor, and the nature of truth, Philoktetes, to the Getty Villa's Theater Lab series.
Originally performed in 409 B.C., the twenty-second year of the Peloponnesian War, Philoktetes won first prize at the Festival of Dionysius, the most important theatrical festival in ancient Greece. It is the tenth year of the Trojan War and the Greeks are at standstill—the war is dragging on endlessly. By a prophecy they learn that, in order to win, they must have Philoktetes' magical bow and arrows. But nine years before, the Greeks had abandoned Philoktetes, wounded, on a deserted island. Returning to the island, Odysseus determines to trick Philoktetes. His accomplice in deception is the idealistic soldier Neoptolemus, the young son of the dead Achilles.
The play poses the question of whether it is ever justifiable to act against ethical codes in order to achieve a higher good.
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Special Cafe Menu at the Getty Villa
Make it an evening at the Getty Villa! The site will be accessible beginning at 6:30 p.m. to all Theater Lab ticketholders. For your convenience, the Cafe will offer a special menu including sandwiches, salads, soup, an artisan cheese plate, and a variety of homemade desserts. A selection of wine, beer, espresso drinks, and soft drinks will also be available for purchase.
Important Ticket Information
An event ticket is required to attend, and must be presented upon arrival to enter the site. Tickets are valid until 15 minutes before the start of the performance, doors open 30 minutes prior. Notice of cancellation is appreciated; please call (310) 440-7300.
How to Get Here
The Getty Villa is located at 17985 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, approximately 25 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. Parking is $8 per car. See Hours, Directions, Parking for directions and parking information.
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