Old Bat:A New Myth

by Ellen Struve

Plague, fire, war, repeat. When a desperate librarian is stranded on an island with some Boomer monsters, a hero, and an anthropomorphic breeze, she must decide how many betrayals it takes to wrest salvation out from old stories in this violent, funny, uplifting, emo-feminist creation-scream

Plague, fire, war, repeat. When a desperate librarian is stranded on an island with some Boomer monsters, a hero, and an anthropomorphic breeze, she must decide how many betrayals it takes to wrest salvation out from old stories in this violent, funny, uplifting, emo-feminist creation-scream

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Old Bat:A New Myth

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  • Heather Helinsky: Old Bat:A New Myth by Ellen Struve
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    When are new renderings of old stories needed? Struve's play OLD BAT has me convinced when I attended the reading at Angels Theatre Company, which really opened up a civic dialogue empowering local women to speak up. YES! There's many well-crafted layers to this play with sharp wit & wisdom. What really got me was the scene when Kira asks Hespera to tell a new story for Berichae the nymph, & the women retell it together. Designers will make this play theatrically stunning, from start to finish.

    When are new renderings of old stories needed? Struve's play OLD BAT has me convinced when I attended the reading at Angels Theatre Company, which really opened up a civic dialogue empowering local women to speak up. YES! There's many well-crafted layers to this play with sharp wit & wisdom. What really got me was the scene when Kira asks Hespera to tell a new story for Berichae the nymph, & the women retell it together. Designers will make this play theatrically stunning, from start to finish.

    ”
Breeze/Ferryman can be double cast

Development History

  • Workshop, Great Plains Theatre Commons, 2023