a blurb written by dramaturge Prof. James Svendsen for press release:

In September of 2019 The Classical Greek Theater Festival of Westminster College will mount and tour a new production of Aeschylus’ tragic masterpiece Prometheus Bound, a play controversial for several reasons.
      Here is a brief synopsis of the play’s plot action: “In the recent war between the older Titans and the younger Olympian gods , Prometheus (a Titan) has sided with Zeus and has been largely responsible for his victory. When he learned that Zeus was intending to destroy the human race, he gave men fire, in this play a symbol for all human intelligence and technology, and saved them from extinction. As punishment Zeus has Prometheus chained to and impaled upon a rock in the Caucasus mountains. He is visited by the daughters of Ocean (the god of the sea that surrounds the world) and then by Oceanus himself, to whom he justifies what he has done and foretells (his name means ‘fore thought’) that even Zeus is subject to Necessity. Io arrives, the play’s only human character, with whom Zeus has fallen in love, whom Hera has changed into a heifer and is cruelly driving around the world with fits of madness and pain. Io recounts her past and Prometheus predicts her future: she will end up in Egypt, be healed by Zeus, and bear him a son; her descendant (Herakles) will release Prometheus from his rock. He then tells the chorus his secret: by whom Zeus can be overthrown. Hermes, official emissary of the Olympians, arrives to wring this secret from Prometheus, but Prometheus refuses, and is catapulted into Tartaros by a violent tempest.” Storey & Allen
      Next September Emilio Casillas will direct an ancient/modern production of Prometheus Bound featuring a new American translation by William Matthews. Spencer Brown will create the set design with costumes by Andrea Davenport.
     The production will open at Westminster College on September 5-7 and 12-14 with performances at 7:30pm, then tour the state of Utah with venues in Layton at the Kenley Amphitheater on Sept. 17 at 10;00am and 7:00pm, in Ogden at WSU in the Wildcat Theater on Sept. 18 at 7:30pm, in the UCCC Amphitheater in West Valley City on Sept. 20 at 7:30pm, in Provo at BYU’s de Jong Concert Hall on Sept. 23 at 5:00pm and in Price at the College of Eastern Utah on Sept. 27th at 7:00pm.
      An orientation lecture by dramaturge Jim Svendsen will precede every show thirty minutes before each performance.