STORY: When aging film actress, Phédre (Kym Smith), is abandoned by her famous husband and producer, Theseus (Colin McFadden), she develops an inappropriate attraction to her moody, mysterious stepson Hippolytus (Jake Paque). Her affections go unrequited due to the young man's unflinching devotion to a budding starlet named Aricia (Genevieve Gearheart). But Phédre, the falling queen of Hollywood, becomes obsessed with lust. The heights of her illicit passions and depths of her despair unhinge her mind and destroy her body so that a deadly illness consumes her.
The dying queen's forbidden lust– the virtuous love of Hippolytus for the
forbidden beauty Aricia– Theirs is a story surviving over 300 years of lovers and remains one of the great tragedies of theatre history. Phédre is an entrancing testimony to the power of a woman's lust; strong enough to bring down a kingdom. (photo at right by Alden Ford)
Witty, passionate and visually arresting, Phédre will have you squirming delightfully in your seat. If you spend your nights wondering about "Brangelina" and "TomKat," or even if you've never picked up a tabloid, you will be engrossed in Wide Eyed's production of this stirring tale.
