The Getty Villa is a gorgeous jewel in Los Angeles, and I am honored to collaborate with them on this reading of Pandora. The Pandora’s Box myth may be well known, but in this retelling, women don’t take the blame anymore.
The Getty Villa Museum is hosting a free virtual play-reading of “Pandora,” which retells the Pandora’s Box myth from the feminist perspective, starting Feb. 26.
“Pandora,” by acclaimed playwright Laurel Ollstein and co-produced with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, asks: What if a woman was suddenly created and dropped into the middle of the world now? Someone with no preconceived notions of anything—like beauty, love, or violence? And what if the rest of humanity and the gods could suddenly see the world through those clear eyes?
The play will be available on the Getty’s website starting at 5 p.m. on Feb. 26 until March 19 at 11:59 p.m. Free registration is required for viewing at getty.edu/museum/programs/performances/pandora.html.
The Pandora’s Box myth may be well known, but in this retelling, women don’t take the blame anymore.