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Amethyst Jewels: For You »

Amethyst Jewels: For You

Those of us in the Circle of Dionysos are producing a ritual theatre rendition of The Bacchae, the Greek tragedy by Euripides. We are adapting this play as a coming out ritual for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) people. If you are not familiar with the play, Dionysos, the God of Wine and Joy, causes havoc with the rulers of [...]

Press Release for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out »

Press Release For Immediate Release                                                       November 3, 2009 Media Contact: Patricia Kevena Fili, 510-872-0568, pkf@circleofdionysos.org The Circle of Dionysos proudly presents ritual theatre performances of The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming [...]

This show is going to be crazy good. »

This show is going to be crazy good.

Well we had another magnificent rehearsal. Sunday brought the cast together for a marathon rehearsal day. (Thank you cast!) We're really getting this story told. It was powerful and moving. At one point I was so moved that I couldn't stop crying. The God of Wine, Ecstasy and Theater. Comedy. Mad Women. Ritual. [...]

Run hounds, Run to the mountain, Join us wild women »

Run hounds, Run to the mountain, Join us wild women

Bassareus Dionysos. What a wonderful day for the Circle of Dionysos and the cast of The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out. We had another amazing rehearsal with our luscious group of Maenads and our priest. He's so dreamy. After or sort of during our rehearsal we made it over to Castro Street Faire. All decked out in our character fineries we gave [...]

Come, O ye Bacchae, come! »

Come, O ye Bacchae, come!

Some pictures of our maenads rehearsal for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out which is happening on November 13-14th, 8:00PM at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory, 1519 Mission St, SF. Starting to get it. Starting to get crazy. Come, O ye Bacchae, come!

A Venue for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out »

A Venue for The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out

We have a space! We have a space! We're pleased to announce that we have a venue for our production of The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out. We're going to be at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory. These are the fine folks that Andra Jean and DK were working their heels off for throughout August and into September. It's a great venue for queer arts [...]

The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out »

The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out

The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out November 13 & 14, 2009 8:00PM Mama Calizo's Voice Factory 1519 Mission Street, San Francisco The Circle of Dionysos presented The Bacchae: A Ritual of Coming Out, adapted from Euripedes’ text for two nights on November 13 & 14, 2009 at Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory.  This Rite celebrated the [...]