←Recommendations of Not Medea

This is the greatest Medea adaptation ever, captivating and wondrously brought to life in modern times. A fresh and innovative approach that is just extraordinary!

Not Medea by Allison Gregory is currently receiving a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. The partnering NNPN Member Theaters are B Street Theatre (Sacramento, CA), Contemporary American Theatre Festival (Shepherdstown, WV), and Perseverance Theatre (Anchorage/Juneau, AK).

Allison Gregory revitalizes the classic story of Medea and gives us a heartbreaking modern parallel. NOT MEDEA inconspicuously interlaces the two tales together and, with simple yet bold visuals, gives us a new look at love, loss, and the choices we make every day. #PlaywrightPlug

NOT MEDEA is Medea unlike we've ever seen. Completely meta and freshly harrowing, Gregory has re-birthed the tale for a new generation. Incredibly intelligent and fluid, complex and surprising, and wholly marked by Medea's dark magic.

NOT MEDEA by Allison Gregory received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere in 2015-16. The partnering NNPN Member Theaters were B Street Theatre (Sacramento, CA), Contemporary American Theatre Festival (Shepherdstown, WV), and Perseverance Theatre (Anchorage/Juneau, AK).

Just saw the NNPN Rolling World Premiere of this at B Street Theatre in Sacramento. What a role for a great actress! The audience was taken of a roller coaster of a ride, enjoying the laughs and gasping with horror when they realized where the play was going. A definite keeper, and a great play for a theater with strong actors looking for interesting characters and a taut tale of love and loss.

It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Allison Gregory and their play "Not Medea" as a finalist for our 2015 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 59 finalists out of more than 1,300 submissions, it is the value of the page that has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers found that Gregory's language moves easily between modern cadence and the heightened classical text.

A late arrival at the theatre turns out to be the main character of this play - and an alter-ego for Medea. Involving the audience in parallel stories of a stressed-out single mom - and the haunting myth of Medea and Jason. It's surprising and strong, and both dark and hopeful, tackling topics rarely talked about and the nonstop worry of parenting.

Wildly engaging and terrifyingly funny. What a role for some very lucky actress.

The play is surprising and as the title suggests - it is not Medea, but it does use the play as a frame work to ask big questions about parenting, divorce, marriage, adoption and how our actions impact our children. Gregory writes wonderful, deeply complex roles for women. The play is very interactive with the audience. It also drew me into the world and made me feel culpable in her story.