Conversation: Mary Zimmerman's 'Metamorphoses'
Mary Zimmerman, a member of Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company and a professor at Northwestern University, started working on her adaptation of "Metamorphoses" back in 1996. Based on the classical mythology by Ovid and notably set in a pool of water (a nod to the ancient maritime cultures), the play earned her a 2002 Tony Award and a claim as one of the theater world's leading directors. Zimmerman has now returne…