MYTHOS at UNR’s Redfield Studio Theatre

Biggest Little Circus will open “MYTHOS: A Journey Through Ancient Greece” on Friday, May 22, at the Redfield Studio Theatre on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. The Reno-based nonprofit is staging the production across two weekend runs, May 22-24 and May 28-30, according to the company’s ticketing page and a KUNR feature published this week. The show is billed as a family-friendly circus variety production built around figures from Greek mythology, including Pandora, Zeus and Medusa. General admission is listed at $40, plus a $1 service fee, on the event page. ### When and where can people see it? Friday, May 22, is the first performance date listed for “MYTHOS” at Redfield Studio Theatre, UNR Campus, 1335 N. Virginia St., Reno. The event page lists six dates in all, with evening performances on May 22, May 23, May 28, May 29 and May 30, and a Sunday matinee on May 24. (kunr.org) Sunday, May 24, is listed with doors at 3:30 p.m. and a 4 p.m. showtime. The Friday and Saturday listings shown on the ticket page say doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. ### What kind of production is “MYTHOS”? Biggest Little Circus describes “MYTHOS” as “a circus journey through the legends of ancient Greece.” The company says the production brings gods, titans and mortals into a staged performance through movement and storytelling. (biggestlittlecircus.org) Pandora, Zeus and Medusa are among the figures named in the show description. (biggestlittlecircus.org) KUNR described the production as “a family-friendly circus variety show” running May 22-30. ### Who is behind the show? Elli Komito, a co-founder of Biggest Little Circus and one of its performers, said in the KUNR interview that the organization grew out of frustration with the lack of “truly artistic performance opportunities” for local circus artists. (biggestlittlecircus.org) Komito said the group also wanted to improve standards around pay and compensation for performers in the area. (kunr.org) Komito told KUNR that the local circus community includes “everything from Cyr wheel to acrobats to aerialists and jugglers and clowns.” That range of performers feeds into “MYTHOS,” Komito said. ### Why Greek mythology? Komito said the idea for the production was influenced by listening to Stephen Fry’s audiobook “Mythos,” which they described to KUNR as a retelling of stories from the primordial gods through the Olympians. (kunr.org) Komito said the material felt “so rich and so much fun.” Classical mythology offered both familiar and lesser-known figures for the stage adaptation, according to the KUNR interview. (kunr.org) Komito said those stories endure because they “hit something really deep and basic inside all of us” and remain one of the oldest ways of exploring human nature. ### How much do tickets cost and where are they available? (kunr.org) General admission for “MYTHOS” is listed at $40, with a $1 ticket service fee, on Biggest Little Circus’s event page. The organization’s website is handling ticket sales directly for the Redfield Studio Theatre performances. KUNR’s May 18 report directed listeners to Biggest Little Circus for tickets and information. (kunr.org) The company’s event page also says the production is its annual variety show fundraiser and advertises raffle prizes for attendees who arrive early. May 30 is the final listed performance date for this run of “MYTHOS” at UNR’s Redfield Studio Theatre. (biggestlittlecircus.org) Biggest Little Circus’s site shows tickets and date-specific event pages for the six scheduled performances in Reno. (kunr.org)