Penelope

Grace McLean (seen most recently in Suffs on Broadway) stars as Penelope, a woman who is waiting…and waiting…and waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return from a decade-long war. Given the rest of the soldiers came home years ago—forgive her, but she’s going to need a drink while she tells you about it. With a beautiful folk-inflected pop score backed by an onstage band of strings, piano, and drums, Penelope confides in us about her loneliness, her son’s disappearance, her suitors, her gods, her faith in her marriage—and ultimately, the faith that she must find within herself. Music & Lyrics by Alex Bechtel Book by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean & Eva Steinmetz Based on writings in The Odyssey by Homer Directed by Eva Steinmetz Starring Grace McLean Generously supported by Richard and Hannah Ramsden via Goldman Sachs Gives