Timon of Athens

July 28 – October 29, 2016 Angus Bowmer Theatre

Timon is a wealthy man with lots of friends, but when the money runs out, so do they. Realizing he should have listened to the people who tried to warn him—a servant, a soldier and a sworn enemy—Timon turns his back on the world. But the world finds him again when he stumbles upon another fortune. Is this Timon’s chance to find out who his true friends are and rejoin society? Amanda Dehnert (Julius Caesar, My Fair Lady) directs Shakespeare’s rarely staged tragedy, whose inclusion in the 2016 repertory will mark the fourth time OSF has completed the canon.

Suitability Suggestions

This highly theatrical and satirical telling of a world of grim social extremes explores human behavior when monetary gain is deified and friendship and compassion are betrayed. The production features debaucherous and violent situations including a gluttonous bloody banquet, murder, executions, and a suicide. While there is no nudity, there is graphic sexuality involving life-size puppets which becomes brutal.