Aurora Theatre presents
Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy
Mar 20, 2025-Apr 13, 2025
Ken Ludwig’s
The Gods of Comedy
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by David deVries
What do you do when you lose the most important ancient manuscript in existence? Well, if you’re in Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy, you call on the Greek gods for help—and immediately regret that decision. Aurora Theatre is bringing the legendary playwright’s latest farce to the stage from March 20 – April 13, and if history (or mythology) is any indicator, audiences are in for an epically funny night at the theater.
Ludwig has once again crafted a rollercoaster of a comedy, where high-stakes academia collides with divine intervention—because what could possibly go wrong when ancient deities meddle in modern problems? (Spoiler alert: everything.)
Directed by David deVries, a three-time Suzi Award nominee in directing, and a winner for I’m Not Rappaport at Aurora, this laugh-out-loud spectacle follows an unlucky classics professor and his panicked protégé as they attempt to retrieve a lost manuscript with the help of some very unhelpful Olympian gods.
If you loved Aurora’s past Ludwig hits—Lend Me a Tenor (2002), Moon Over Buffalo (2004), and The Fox on the Fairway (2012)—you know exactly what to expect: razor-sharp wit, absurd misunderstandings, and an escalating chaos that would make even Zeus shake his head.
