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Io - Princess of Argos! Live! at EXIT Stage Left!

music & lyrics by Marci Karr, book & lyrics by Mark Jackson
Back Stage West review by Jean Schiffman (April 12,2001)

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GRECIAN EARNED

"...Approaching Aeschylus from another angle entirely was Io - Princess of
Argos!, Art Street Theatre's smart, funny, and tuneful take on Prometheus
Bound. Io's a secondary character in the Greek tragedy, but here she's a
cabaret star, singing her sad story. Exiled by her father, seduced by Zeus,
turned into a cow, cursed with a fly buzzing inside her skull, she wanders
through the desert, grappling and eventually coming to terms with the
eternal, existential question: Why? Everything works in this little musical
gem – the catchy songs (music and lyrics by pianist Marci Karr); Mark
Jackson's witty script and airtight direction; David Babich on clarinet and drums;

Beth Wilmurt's emotionally connected, sweet-voiced Io, and the polished
movement and strong voices of the Greek chorus (Kevin Clarke, Loren Nordlund,
and Janet Roitz)."
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