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Marco Millions

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The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Marco Millions

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The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Marco Millions

By

The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Marco Millions

By

The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Marco Millions

By

The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Marco Millions

By

The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Marco Millions

By

The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Marco Millions

By

The story of Marco Polo, dynamic young explorer of the Far East, as told by one of America’s leading playwrights, Eugene O’Neill. Once described in a 1928 review “…a coruscating satire, biting in its irony, suffused with poetry, rich and dramatic in its simple story, and resplendently colorful in its background, atmosphere and imagery…” O’Neill clearly takes aim at the politics of his time, and ends up with a beautiful and poignant allegory for ALL time. Young Marco is a man eager for success – some might even say “destined” for it. But how that success is achieved, and what it might ultimately cost, becomes the focus of this rarely performed masterpiece.

Glendale Community College presents EURYDICE

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In this modernized re-telling of the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, nothing is as it seems:  stones can talk, rooms are made out of string, and the devil rides a tricycle. The story begins when the fairytale romance between Eurydice and Orpheus abruptly ends — on their wedding day – as Eurydice falls to her death. On her way to the underworld, Eurydice’s memories are erased; when she is reunited with her deceased father, she believes he is the porter. As Eurydice’s father slowly and secretively helps her remember her past, Orpheus grieves and plots a way to bring his wife back. In playwright, Sarah Ruhl’s topsy-turvy Overworld/Underworld setting, anything can and does happen.

April 5, 6, 7, 12, and 13 at 8:00 pm

April 7, 8, and 14 at 2:00 pm

No photography or video recording of performance.

There is a $2 ticket fee added to the cost.

Glendale Community College presents EURYDICE

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In this modernized re-telling of the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, nothing is as it seems:  stones can talk, rooms are made out of string, and the devil rides a tricycle. The story begins when the fairytale romance between Eurydice and Orpheus abruptly ends — on their wedding day – as Eurydice falls to her death. On her way to the underworld, Eurydice’s memories are erased; when she is reunited with her deceased father, she believes he is the porter. As Eurydice’s father slowly and secretively helps her remember her past, Orpheus grieves and plots a way to bring his wife back. In playwright, Sarah Ruhl’s topsy-turvy Overworld/Underworld setting, anything can and does happen.

April 5, 6, 7, 12, and 13 at 8:00 pm

April 7, 8, and 14 at 2:00 pm

No photography or video recording of performance.

There is a $2 ticket fee added to the cost.

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