Circle Ensemble are performing a play in the pool July 21, 22 and 23 at Ashford Manor
Metamorphoses is the name of the play that The Circle Ensemble Theater will be performing in the water of the pool at Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast 's beautiful terraced backyard off of Harden Hill Road and Main Street in Watkinsville July 21, 22, and 23. This is the adaptation done by Mary Zimmerman and will be performed in the small pool at the lovely venue in Oconee County, featuring former Seinfield actress Lisa Mende and other talented actors in the area. From their website: Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman in the pool at Ashford Manor. July 21-23, 2011. Based on Ovid's transformation myths, the play subtly mixes the ancient stories of pathos and tragedy with contemporary language, humor, and thought, all enacted in and around a large pool of water. The themes of love, the inevitability of change, and the human ability to adapt to change are timeless, as is amply demonstrated by the sometimes eerie closeness of a vignette to the original lines from ...