ATLANTA -- The Oglethorpe University Playmakers present the regional premiere of “The Odyssey of Modesty Forth,” a fantasy epic by Ian L. Fuller, directed by Chadwick Yarborough. The play premiered to great reviews at the 1999 Fringe Festival in New York.

Intrigue and murder, clowns and alligators fill the night in this post-modern play, as warrior-princess Modesty Forth travels to rescue her father from a dungeon in North Umbria and the clutches of the sorceress Queen Tamburlaine. Come and cheer on a girl who dresses in purple and crosses into a wilderness of fools, defying hell and doubt on her mission of love. Accompanied only by her noble steed and her devoted, hockey-playing companion Okeefenoke Joe, Modesty must make a mythic journey, dealing with prevarication, self-deception, and foolishness of all kinds before bringing the hammer down on her enemy.

“’Modesty’ is my attempt to tell a story from an imaginary past that we all share, a past of shared memories,” playwright Fuller says. “A large part of this play’s success comes from the freeform pleasure of seeing the city of Samarkand associated with an alligator that plays hockey. ‘Modesty’ throws everything into the pot and cooks up a theatrical gumbo.”

“The heroine’s journey from anachronistically armed ghosts to ice castles ruled by matriarchal tyrants includes encounters with characters of several social standings,” Fuller explains. “Modesty deals with each in turn, revealing an ability to survive in her odd world. The heroes of myth each show us that we can do well in our own worlds. They also sacrifice everything they have for our benefit, and the gift of life is thus provided.”


“The Odyssey of Modesty Forth”
by Ian L. Fuller
Conant Performing Arts Center
Oglethorpe University
April 7-9, 2005, 8 p.m. each night
*Special Midnight Performance on Friday, April 8!
Tickets: $5 for off-campus guests. Free with Oglethorpe ID.
For ticket information call 404-504-1074.