This weekend the University of Michigan Theatre Department will present Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides. Written between 408 and 406 BC, Iphigenia in Aulis was the last play written by Euripides before his death in 406 BC.
The play begins as the Greek fleet is trapped at Aulis. Due to unfavorable winds, the Greek troops impatiently wait to sack Troy and return Helen to her rightful husband. Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek troops, has been told that he must sacrifice his daughter to the goddess Artemis in order to change the winds and using the false pretense of a marriage to Achilles, he summons his daughter to Aulis and to her death.
Tickets are $10 for students, $28 general admission.
Performances at the Arthur Miller Theatre in the Walgreen Drama Center on:
April 2 and 9 at 7:30
April 3, 4, 10, and 11 at 8:00
April 5 and 12 at 2:00
