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Medea, the Alley Is Virtual and More Vulnerable
Elizabeth Bunch talks about filming shows at home and playing the titular role in Euripidesâs play.
By
Rebekah Kibodeaux
3/16/2021 at 3:05pm
Shunte Lofton, Melissa Molano, and Dylan Godwin in the Alley Theatre s
Medea.
For more than 2,500 years, Euripidesâs
Medea has shocked and enthralled audiences across the globe with its high-stakes social commentary and its poetic, heart-wrenching feminism. This week, the Alley Theatre brings a free, translated version of the Greek tragedy to the living rooms of its dedicated patrons and, hopefully, a slew of new audiences, with its virtual performance spearheaded by Artistic Director Rob Melrose and featuring Alley Resident Acting Company member Elizabeth Bunch in the titular role.
Be serving four years and over. that means they have committed a serious crime. 52% of the prisoners at the moment are serving a life sentence. most life sentences are given for murder, so we have a lot of murderers here. many of the men convicted of murder here are young, still in their 20s and claim drugs and alcohol led them to kill. drugs played a role in the incarceration of 29-year-old chris hutchison. but he was on the supply side. and his crimes made headlines. so you were a drug dealer? but hutchison was a drug deal dealer with a sadistic streak. he s serving a 25 year to life sentence for murder, kidnapping and torture. how did those two people die? one fell off a bridge and another one died. one fell off a bridge? wouldn t that be an accident? what happened? fell off a bridge.
And he chose? it must have been pretty bad. the interview is suddenly stopped by a correctional officer providing security. it was one of the strangest experiences i ve ever had filming in a prison, to have an officer interrupt the interview and confer with him. and take him away. i later found out in scotland, the inmates actually have a very good chance of making parole. and the officer was concerned if chris became too descriptive, i wouldn t bode well for him. when the interview resumes, hutchison discusses why he killed his cousin. at the time of the murder, it was widely reported that
were you there when he fell off the bridge? aye. how did the other one die? other one died just died, didn t he? he choked. on his food? no. so basically you threw somebody off a bridge and you choked somebody? aye. chris was very flippant and he had this odd habit when there was a break in the interview of half singing a song and belching. but as we probed deeper into his crimes, we soon learned that his murder victims were not the only ones who suffered. those who did not pay up on their drug debts often met especially sadistic consequences.