a new play by Stephen Spotswood

Fort Fringe–The Shop/607 New York Ave, NW/Washington, DC 20001

Dates: Sunday, July 15 @ 6 p.m., Tuesday July 17 @ 8:15 p.m., Saturday July 21 @ Noon, Thursday July 26 @ 9:15 p.m., Sunday July 29 @ 2:15 p.m.

Tickets available at the Fort Fringe Box Office or online

Starring: Chris Stinson, Melissa Hmelnicky, Steve Beall

Directed by: Matt Ripa

 Assisted by: Mary Cat Gill

The play tells the story of the god-cursed life of Tiresias, the soothsayer who plays such a pivotal role in the story of Oedipus. Gifted with the ability to see the past and future as easily as the present, Tiresias was also cursed by Hera to live much of his life as a woman. Told from the perspective of Tiresias as an adolescent boy, a grown woman, and the old, blind man he would eventually become, the play examines one man’s relationship with his own destiny, and asks whether the future of mankind is ultimately a comedy or a tragedy.