Ivy Pochoda.Photo by Darran Tiernan Arts & Culture From tragedy to ‘Ecstasy’ Ivy Pochoda’s feminist retelling of ‘The Bacchae’ examines freedom from inhibition with Electronic Dance Music beat Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer July 30, 2025 5 min read King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother, Agave, become the target of the god Dionysus’ wrath for rejecting his sybaritic cult in the ancient Greek tragedy “The Bacchae.” In “Ecstasy,” Ivy Pochoda’s new feminist retelling, Diony...
