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In her latest theatrical production inspired by a classic story, Mary Zimmerman reimagines
The White Snake, an ancient Chinese legend in which a snake spirit transforms herself into a beautiful woman in order to experience the human world.
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Mary Zimmerman's credits as an adapter and a director include
Metamorphoses, The Arabian Nights, The Odyssey, Journey to the West, and
Argonautika (all published by Northwestern)
. Her work has been produced at the Lookingglass Theatre and Goodman Theatre of Chicago; on Broadway at Circle in the Square; in New York at Second Stage, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Manhattan Theatre Club; and at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and other theaters around the country and abroad. The recipient of a Tony Award for her direction of
Metamorphoses and a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship, Zimmerman is a professor of performance studies at Northwestern University.
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In her latest theatrical production inspired by a classic story, Mary Zimmerman reimagines The White Snake, an ancient Chinese legend in which a snake spirit transforms herself into a beautiful woman in order to experience the human world.
