2006 Season - Genesius Guild

Aristophanes: "The Birds"

The plays of Aristophanes have been presented four times each during the guild’s 50 years. The next cycle of these farcical works begins with the fifth production of “The Birds,” the Athenian playwright’s happiest creation. While portions of the comedy will be updated, the plot will remain the same: two war-weary Athenians decide to leave the quarrelsome company of human beings to live with the birds, only to find that the follies of civilization follow them into Cloudcuckooland.

The comedy ends in a traditional Mack Sennett chase (ask your grandparents who he was), with characters running and leaping in a frantic, three minute routine that ends when everyone collapses in exhaustion.