Lysistrata

R-G Productions—One88

Heightened text is a difficult animal to tame, and this translation of Aristophanes’ classic doesn’t always help as it flip flops from archaic to modern vernacular and back again. That being said, there is something strangely beautiful in the fact that a story about women flexing their sexual power over men for the betterment of society is as hilarious and pertinent a tale now as it was in ancient Greece. Well acted, the costumes and “props” also added a lot of girth to this romp.

Jordan Phillips