Limb From Limb

Cameron Anderson, Dmitry Troyanovsky and Joel Christensen sitting in red theater seats surrounded by bits of marble sculpture of human figures.
Mike Lovett
Angered by the strictures of an overly controlled society, Dionysus, god of revelry and theater, drives the women of Thebes into mass hysteria and bloodshed. So goes the action of “The Bacchae,” written around 410 BCE by Euripides, which will be brought to vivid life at Spingold Theater on April 11-14. Featuring original songs and choreography, the production will be directed by Dmitry Troyanovsky, associate professor of theater arts (center). Cameron Anderson, assistant professor of theater arts (left), is designing the sets, and Joel Christensen, chair of the classical studies department (right), is writing a new translation of the 2,400-year-old play, which will offer stunningly contemporary takes on female empowerment, gender fluidity, political tyranny, irrational violence and the rituals of theater itself.