One of the highlights of the Arena Stage 2013 season is its production, in association with Lookingglass Theatre Company, of Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses,” a staging of the Latin writer Ovid’s poetry, which was inspired by many famous Greek myths.

First produced and directed by Zimmerman at Northwestern University in 1996, “Metamorphoses” has had a remarkable history, eventually winding up on Broadway in 2002, where it earned Zimmerman a Tony Award for Best Director. Now, a decade after that Broadway run, Arena Stage has invited Zimmerman to direct the work again in a unique setting: For the first time, it will be performed in the round.