The Penelopiad

“When you think about stories of journeys, there is always someone left at home—and their story tends not to be told. I devoured Margaret Atwood’s funny, subversive novella on a plane ride, immediately struck by the paradigm shift of a story I thought I knew well. To my great delight, Margaret Atwood had already adapted the novella into a play. I’m imagining each night, as the 12 maids pull apart the threads of Penelope’s Scheherazade-worthy shroud, it’ll be a raucous moment of subversion. It makes my heart glad—and it just feels like an essential part of my first season leading this theater.” –SVB