South Bronx Medea

In 1976 the Elder Avenue Playhouse in the Bronx staged a play based on Euripides’ Medea which is now being made available for any non-profit purpose. Like her namesake, Medea Rodriguez is enraged at Jason, here an NYPD officer, for abandoning her and their two sons and marrying a woman who will enhance his career prospects. Her rage builds to a horrifying finale but as in the original tragedy, Jason continually underestimates the danger she presents to their two small boys.