A gutting ‘Iphigenia at Aulis’ lands with poetic heartbreak. Ten Thousand Things stages the reimagined Greek classic with music and an all-star cast. Most theaters would consider it a win to have just one moment in a show that’s so viscerally arresting, it causes many to put hands over hearts and gasp. In director Marcela Lorca’s music-infused production that opened Saturday in Minneapolis’ Powderhorn Park – an alfresco setting where rumbling jets and errant sirens did not dim its power – the first heartbreak happens when the title character sees her father, Agamemnon.
Star Tribune – 2022