A mother doesn't snap—she calculates. This Medea arrives in scrubs.
The inalienable and inconceivable core of an old myth is swirling and fermenting beneath the surface of a recognizable contemporary story. Medea is called Anna in this version, a successful doctor who is trying to get on with her life after a forced confinement. She is willing to forgive the affair of her husband with a younger woman and to make a new start with him and the children. Soon it turns out that their plans for the future do not correspond. Anna is in danger of losing everything: her husband, her children, her career. She is cornered and sees only one way out.
Acting
Heebink's stillness before the storm—terrifying restraint.
Direction
Stone strips the myth bare, no gods, just fluorescent lights.
Director
Simon Stone
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stone's modern Medea strips away the divine, forcing us to confront that monstrous choices require no magic—just pressure.
The 75-minute runtime mirrors a theatre performance; Stone originally developed this as a stage production in Amsterdam.
US
