Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man

Dionysus Was Such a Nice Man is a comic and pungent take on the story of Oedipus from the perspective of the family of shepherds who raised him. It completely dismantles and reimagines Sophocles’ classic play, exploring the point of view of Alcinoe, Oedipus’s adoptive sister, while examining the ways in which bad behavior, particularly by powerful men, is excused, concealed, and exalted.