Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 2:00:00 a.m. UTC
Play Reading night at Nanaimo Theatre Group
Amanda Wagner will present Lysistrata.
From Wikipedia:
The play is a comic account of a woman's – Lysistrata's – mission to end the Peloponnesian War between Greek city states by denying sex from all the men of warring parties  and occupying the Acropolis of Athens.  Lysistrata persuades the women of the warring cities to engage in a sex strike as a means of forcing the men to negotiate peace – a strategy that inflames the battle between the sexes.
The play is notable for being an early exposé of sexual relations in a male-dominated society. Its structure represents a shift from the conventions of Old Comedy, a trend typical of the author's career. It was produced in the same year as the Thesmophoriazusae,  another play with female citizen protagonists,  just two years after Athens's defeat in the Sicilian Expedition.
The reading starts at 7:00pm sharp and all are welcome.