The Bacchae

Fifteen years after a nuclear war destroyed life as we know it, a group of survivors restart society from one of the earliest civilizations they think to imitate: Ancient Greece.
As the Nuclear Winter dissipates, in the midst of their slow rebuilding of a new world, an invading force called The Bacchae reveal themselves to the scrappy and unstable group, claiming to worship a new god called Dionysus.
Soon after this cult reveals themselves, the women of this new civilization are struck with a mysterious affliction compelling them to join in the revels of The Bacchae. The remaining men are forced to make a decision: War with this new god or Embrace him.
Pentheus, New King of Thebes, finds himself in the trap of a strange man claiming to have some connection to the god. As the young King tries to jail the crazed women and bring order, to take down Dionysus and his cohort, his own curiosity, aggression, and madness take over.

Daniel Stoltzfus
Pentheus

Jacqui Jaurena
Agave

Jesse James Hoover
Dionysus

Riley Partin
Cadmus, Messengers
CAST

Camryn Shankool
Maenad 3

Rhyan Shankool
Maenad 2

Bea Lemaster
Maenad 1, Tiresias

Max Szykowny
Pentheus Understudy
Production Photos
Reviews
Alicia Mikulski
Modern Archaic Theatre Company is one of the most creative theatre companies in Chicago

Emily Werner
Bea Lemaster creates a Greek Chorus embodyng Bacchae's ecstatic madness
Chicago Reader
This tragedy feels more than timely








