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`Prometheus 2000'

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19990506
Author:Lucia Mauro

`Prometheus 2000' Bailiwick Repertory Through May 16 At the Bailiwick Arts Center 1229 W. Belmont Tickets, $15-$25 (773) 883- 1090 Somewhat recommended

Under the umbrella title of "Prometheus 2000," Bailiwick Repertory is presenting two plays that address the state of humankind at the dawn of a new millennium. Director Cecilie D. Keenan tackles two wildly disparate texts, Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound" and Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound," both newly adapted by Edward Mast and staged as a two-act play.

"Prometheus 2000" runs in rotating repertory with "Picture This," a 45-minute work ...

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