The Birds by Aristophanes Directed by Charles B. Davis Seney-Stovall Chapel February 12-15,18-22 at 8:00pm, and February 16 at 2:30 pm This 414 BCE comedy by Aristophanes is a fantasy that satirizes utopias, imperialist colonization and the less desirable elements of civilizations and governments. Two Athenian men escape from the city and find the Hoopoe, a mythical bird. Their meeting culminates in a utopian city of birds. This meeting production will feature a puppet chorus, music, wild costumes, and clever puns.