A Poem and A Mistake follows the story of Myrrha, a grad student in the Classics who is grappling with how to make sense of the 50 violent rapes in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The questions that emerge for her begin to simultaneously unravel her own personal experiences of being a woman in the post metoo era. She finds herself in an unexpectedly heated debate about the rapes with her traditional, male professor, and her anger boils over so much that suddenly and inexplicably, the professor is transformed, metamorphosed, into a young woman who looks exactly like Myrrha. Both characters, Myrra and Not-Myrra, find themselves in an Ovid-like landscape where transformation is a magical and terrifying confrontation with their own gender, sexuality, and relationship to desire.

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Cheri Magid plays have been seen at Primary Stages, New Georges, The New Group, The Women’s Project, Rattlestick, South Coast Rep, People’s Light and Theatre Company, StudioTenn and Cincinnati Playhouse, among others.   She was the first Susan P. Stroman Playwright in Residence at The University of Delaware and the Tennessee Williams Playwright in Residence at Sewanee University of the South, where she also had a residency for her opera Penelope and the Geese, with composer Milica Paranosic

Sarah Baskin is a NYC based actor committed to developing new work, and the collaborative process. In theatre, Sarah has performed Off-Broadway, Regionally, and with NYC downtown theatre companies. Film / TV credits include "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Divorce", and several independent films. Sarah is a company member of The Actors Center, Virago, and Subway Token Films. BA: Vassar College; MFA: American Repertory Theatre / Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University.