Review: Wichita Community Theatre’s "Medea" Delivers Ancient Greek Tragedy

If you’re not up on your Greek Mythology, and don’t know the tale of Medea, written by Greek playwright Euripides in 431 BC, she figures heavily in the quest of Jason and The Argonauts. Thankfully the program for Wichita Community Theatre’s production brings you up to speed quickly. Jason sails his ship, the Argo, to find the Golden Fleece, when he meets Medea, a sorceress and daughter of the king who has all the fleece. The goddess Hera makes Medea fall in love with Jason so Medea will help him. Medea completes near impossible tasks, they get the fleece, but before her journey with Jason is done, Medea commits some pretty heinous crimes to keep Jason safe and happy. If it weren’t for Medea, Jason’s quest for the Golden Fleece would not have been so successful. Medea and Jason get married, have two sons, and live happily ever after in Corinth. That is, until Jason is titillated by a royal princess half his age, and Medea gets thrown over for a trophy wife.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/wichita/article/Review-MEDEA-at-Wichita-Community-Theatre-20260503)._