Euripides (c. 485–c. 406 B.C.E.) was an Athenian tragedian. He is known to have composed ninety-two plays, of which nineteen are extant. Alkestis, first performed in 438 B.C.E., is the earliest of these and was part of a tetralogy with the lost plays Telephos, Alkmaion in Psophis, and Cretan Women.

Brian Vinero is a playwright, lyricist, and translator. Brian is an alumnus of The Minnesota Conservatory of Performing Arts, The National Shakespeare Conservatory, the 78th Street Theatre Lab, and The BMI/ Lehman Engel Workshop, and is a founding member of The New Musical Theatre Exchange. Brian has had plays and musicals produced and/ or developed at The Praxis Theatre Ensemble, The 78th Street Theatre Lab, The Willoughby Theatre, The West Side Dance Project, The BMI/ Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and The Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York City, The Jewish Ensemble Theatre in Detroit and at The Playwrights Center, The New Musical Theatre Exchange, The Classical Actors Ensemble, and The Minnesota Fringe in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area.  Brian has worked directly with two Newberry Award-winning authors—adapting their work to the stage, has provided text for Collide Theatrical Dance in Minneapolis, and is a contributing writer for Sea World. His rhymed-verse translations of the plays of Euripides include Medea, Hecuba, Electra, and Orestes and are available for sale on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at The Drama Book Shop in New York City.  Brian is represented by The Robert A. Freedman Agency in New York City and a proud member of The Dramatists Guild, BMI, and The Playwrights Center.