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Messenger #1

by Mark Jackson

Art Street Theatre
Critic's Pick in SF Bay Guardian (March 8, 2000 by Cheryl Eddy
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'Messenger #1'
March 10-April 8, Exit Stage Left

TOM STOPPARD GAVE
Shakespearean supporting players
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern their
moment in the spotlight. Now Art Street
Theatre is picking up on that theme by
presenting its version of the Oresteia
from the perspective of ... Messenger
#1? Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen of
Troy, and other characters take a back
seat as the work of original playwright
Aeschylus – the "father of Greek tragedy" – gets tweaked by Art
Street's artistic director, Mark Jackson. Make like a fifth-century
Athenian time-warped into the 21st century and check out this
"new ancient Greek tragedy," featuring more humor and an entirely
new perspective as the classically gory trilogy gets turned on its
ear; still in place is the familiar milieu of backstabbing, squabbling
families, blood vengeance, and post-Trojan War lovesick blues.
Opens Sat/10. Runs Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m. (also March 27 and April 3,
8 p.m.). Through April 8. 156 Eddy, S.F. $10-$15. (415)
751-5922. (Cheryl Eddy)

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