As “Diadem” begins, Ariadne, princess of Crete, is invoking the deities, pleading for freedom for her mother the queen, imprisoned for consorting with a bull. It’s a gloriously dramatic opening for local playwright Eugenie Chan’s play, a prequel to “Bone to Pick”; Cutting Ball Theater premiered the latter a few years ago. Taken together, the two solo one-acts, commissioned for the company’s Paige Rogers, comprise a multilayered, post-modern look at the Greek myth. Read More