Horizontal TabsDescription Aristophanes’s classic play takes flight at Interlochen as the Arts Academy Theatre Division presents The Birds. Fed up with the political machinations of their native Athens, two men leave the city to seek a simpler life. When they encounter King Tereus, who has transformed into a bird, the men are inspired to build a city in the sky—and help their avian friends regain their rightful place at the top of Greece’s pantheon.