Playwright Madelein George
Hurricane Diane
by Gary Wien
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In Hurricane Diane, playwright
Madeleine George reimagines
the classic story of The Bacchae
by having the Greek god Dionysus come down to earth as
Diane, a lesbian permaculture
gardener from Vermont. The
play takes place today and is
set, in a fantastical way, in Red
Bank, NJ - the town where Two
NJ STAGE 2016 - ISSUE 12
River Theater presents the play’s
World Premiere in January.
“It was one of the craziest
plays from ancient Greece,” said
George. “The god Dionysus
shows up to a place where he’s
not worshipped and he announces that he is going to wreak revenge on everybody until they
acknowledge that he’s a god.”
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