Past Productions

Below are images from Mettawee productions of the past 31 years. Click on the thumbnail images below for a larger image and further information about each production.
Peace 1976 1976 PEACE, adapted from the play by Aristophanes
Caravan of Dreams 1977 1977 CARAVAN OF DREAMS, an Arabian Nights tale
Monkey 1978 1978 MONKEY, from the 16th century Chinese folk novel
Persephone 1979 1979 PERSEPHONE, from the Greek Myth
Nanabozho 1980 1980 NANABOZHO, from Winnebago trickster stories
The Bremen Town Musicians 1980 1980 THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS, from the Brothers
Grimm
Jicara Tree 1981 1981 JICARA TREE, from The Popol Vuh, the Mayan creation
myth
Taliesin 1982 1982 TALIESIN, from a Welsh legend
Voyage of Bran 1983 1983 VOYAGE OF BRAN, from an Irish saga
Out of the Dark 1984 1984 OUT OF THE DARK, from a Bantu story
The North Wind 1985 1985 THE NORTH WIND, from Yup'ik Eskimo tales
Papyrus 1986 1986 PAPYRUS, from an Egyptian folk tale
The Wildman 1987 1987 THE WILDMAN, from stories and images of medieval and
renaissance Europe
The Ringdove 1988 1988 THE RINGDOVE, from the Panchatantra
Barnacle Bill the Husband 1989 1989 BARNACLE BILL THE HUSBAND, a Coney Island ballad
opera
Time Out of Time 1990 1990 TIME OUT OF TIME, from a Norwegian legend
Wichikapache Goes Walking 1991 1991 WICHIKAPACHE GOES WALKING, from Swampy Cree trickster tales
The Geese Dreamer 1992 1992 THE GEESE DREAMER, from Innuit stories
The Popol Vuh Project 1993 1993 THE POPOL VUH PROJECT, from the Mayan creation myth
Caravan of Dreams 1994 1994 CARAVAN OF DREAMS, from the Arabian Nights
The Tempest 1995 1995 THE TEMPEST, by William Shakespeare
Persephone 1996 1996 PERSEPHONE, from the Greek Myth
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky 1997 1997 THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY, from the Iroquois creation story
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky 1998 1998 THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY, from the Iroquois creation story
Psyche 1999 1999 PSYCHE, from PSICHE by Moliere and Pierre Corneille (1671), with scenes from LOVE'S MISTRESS by Thomas Heywood (1640)
Psyche 2000 2000 PSYCHE, from PSICHE by Moliere and Pierre Corneille (1671), with scenes from LOVE'S MISTRESS by Thomas Heywood (1640)
Communications from a Cockroach 2001
(photo by Richard Termine)		 2001 COMMUNICATIONS FROM A COCKROACH:
ARCHY AND THE UNDERSIDE, based on Don Marquis' early 20th century tales of Archy and Mehitabel
2002 STONE MONKEY BANISHED, from the 16th century Chinese folk novel JOURNEY TO THE WEST
Communications from a Cockroach 2003
(photo by Richard Termine)		 2003 COMMUNICATIONS FROM A COCKROACH:
ARCHY AND THE UNDERSIDE (revival), based on Don Marquis' early 20th century tales of Archy and Mehitabel
2003 THE DANCING FOX, Wisdom tales of the Middle East
2004 THE HEROIC AND PATHETIC ESCAPADES OF KARAGIOZIS, from the shadow puppet theater tradition of Turkey and Greece
2005 THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, by Bertolt Brecht