ISU Theatre: Polaroid Stories

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Date/Time:Friday, 07 Oct 2022 at 7:30 pm
Location:Fisher Theater
Cost:$20
URL:www.music.iastate.edu
Contact:
Phone:515-294-2624
Channel:College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Categories:Arts, performances
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A visceral blend of classical mythology and real life stories told by street kids, Naomi lizuka's "Polaroid Stories" journeys into a dangerous world where mythmaking fulfills a fierce need for transcendence, where storytelling has the power to transform a reality in which characters' lives are continually threatened, devalued and effaced. Contains adult language and content.

Tickets
Adults: $20
Iowa State students and youth: Free

Inspired in part by Ovid's Metamorphoses, "Polaroid Stories" takes place on an abandoned pier on the outermost edge of a city in this spellbinding tale of young people pushed to society's fringe. Informed, as well, by interviews with young prostitutes and street kids, "Polaroid Stories" conveys a whirlwind of psychic disturbance, confusion and longing. Like their mythic counterparts, these modern-day mortals are engulfed by needs that burn and consume. Their language mixes poetry and profanity, imbuing the play with lyricism and great theatrical force.