Metamorphosis July 10, 2011

'Metamorphosis' is a masterful mix of horror and absurdity, telling the story of a traveling salesman's bizarre transformation from man to man-sized insect. Award-winning Bay Area director, performer, and playwright Mark Jackson returns to Aurora, where he directed the company's acclaimed productions of Salome and Miss Julie, to put his own unique spin on this landmark work of existential literature. Recently performed in London's West End, Dublin, Australia, and Hong Kong, this adaptation of Kafka's masterpiece is "the story of a very ordinary family where something awful happens," adaptor Farr says. "But there is a lot of laughter in among the awfulness."