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The Oedipus Project presents acclaimed actors reading scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, constructive, global conversations about the climate crisis, ecological disaster, environmental justice, and healing online conversations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon diverse communities throughout the world. Sophocles’ ancient play, first performed in 429 BC, just after the first wave of a plague that killed nearly one-third of the Athenian population, is a story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, intergenerational curses, and a pestilence and ecological collapse that ravages the archaic city of Thebes. Seen through this lens, Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful tool for helping Athenians communalize trauma and loss, while interrogating their own complicit role in the suffering, not just of those around them but of generations to come.
Oedipus Project Highlights
Watch The Oedipus Project Premiere
On Zoom / 2023
In honor of the three-year anniversary of our first online event, we are proud to release the recording of The Oedipus Project! Watch the full recording through the link in our bio. The premiere took place on Zoom at 7pm EDT on May 7, 2020 and featured Oscar Isaac, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Marjolaine Goldsmith, Glenn Davis, and NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams performing Sophocles' Oedipus the King from their homes as a catalyst for a powerful, facilitated conversation about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon diverse communities throughout the United States and the world. Sophocles’ play is a timeless story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, and a pestilence that ravages the city of Thebes. At the time it was first performed, in 429 BC, the Athenian audience would have been reeling in the wake of a plague and its economic, political, and social aftermath. Seen through this lens, Oedipus the King seems as relevant now as it was in its own time.
The premiere of The Oedipus Project was attended by more than 15,000 people from more than 40 countries, who—at the height of the global lockdown—were hungry for community and connection. In the three years that have followed, Theater of War Productions has presented more than 100 virtual events, reaching more than 300,000 people from more than 100 countries, spanning all seven continents. This paradigm-shifting use of technology, strategized by Marjolaine Goldsmith, in service of direct, unmediated dialogue—across borders and boundaries—has been nothing short of revolutionary for the company and its ability to touch people all over the world, lift them out of isolation, and bring them into healing dialogue.
Oscar Isaac plays Oedipus
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
In honor of Climate Week NYC 2023 we presented The Oedipus Project under the iconic Blue Whale in the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History. Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Audience at The Oedipus Project
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
An intergenerational audience convened in the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History in honor of Climate Week NYC to discuss intergenerational curses, ignored prophecy, and the human capacity for denial in Sophocles' Oedipus The King. Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
The Cast of The Oedipus Project
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
The full cast of The Oedipus Project, presented under the iconic Blue Whale in the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History featured, from left to right, Marjolaine Goldsmith, Ato Blankson-Wood, Liza Colón-Zayas, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Oscar Isaac, Amy Ryan, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Zayas, and David Patrick Kelly. Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Liza Colón-Zayas plays Tiresias
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Amy Ryan plays Jocasta
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Marjolaine Goldsmith plays the Priest, Ato Blankson-Wood plays Messenger 2, Liza Colón-Zayas plays Tiresias
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
David Patrick Kelly plays the Shepherd
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
David Zayas plays Messenger 1
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
Michael Stuhlbarg plays Creon
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
President Sean Decatur introduces The Oedipus Project
American Museum of Natural History / 2023
American Museum of Natural History President Sean Decatur introduces The Oedipus Project in honor of Climate Week NYC 2023. Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
The Oedipus Project: Climate Crisis
2021
Watch the Oedipus Project: Climate Crisis trailer.
The Oedipus Project presents acclaimed actors reading scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King on Zoom as a catalyst for powerful, constructive, global conversations about climate change, ecological disaster, and environmental justice. Sophocles’ ancient play, first performed in 429 BC, just after a plague that killed nearly one-third of the Athenian population, is a story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, intergenerational curses, willful blindness, and a pestilence and ecological collapse that ravages the archaic city of Thebes. Seen through this lens, Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful tool for helping Athenians communalize trauma and loss, while interrogating their own complicit role in the suffering, not just of those around them but of generations to come.
This event was presented as part of the Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future, hosted by the Nobel Foundation and organized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in partnership with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research/Stockholm Resilience Centre/Beijer Institute. Thousands of audience members tuned in from 82 countries to participate in a global discussion.
This event featured performances by Bill Murray (Lost in Translation), Corey Hawkins (Straigt Outta Compton), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), Frankie Faison (The Wire), David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck), Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager of Theater of War Productions), and Jumaane Williams (New York City Public Advocate), and a Chorus of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, including Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr. Harold Varmus.
Can Greek Tragedy Get Us Through The Pandemic
The New Yorker / 2020
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Oscar Isaac, Frances McDormand, and David Strathairn in The Oedipus Project premiere on 5/7/20. Read the profile in The New Yorker by Elif Batuman on Theater of War Productions and The Oedipus Project Premiere.
Frances McDormand Plays Jocasta
on Zoom / 2021
Watch the trailer for The Oedipus Project at the Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future.
Jeffrey Wright plays the blind prophet Tiresias
on Zoom / 2021
Watch the trailer for The Oedipus Project at the Nobel Prize Summit: Our Planet, Our Future.
The Oedipus Project Trailer
2020
Actors and activists bring 'Oedipus' to Zoom in healing performance
CNN.com / 2020
The Oedipus Project Premiere
Zoom / 2020
Marjolaine Goldsmith, playing the Priest, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams playing the Chorus, Oscar Isaac playing Oedipus, and John Turturro playing Creon. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and theater director Bryan Doerries reflect on The Oedipus Project and the arts in the current COVID-19 climate. Read the article in The Brooklyn Rail.
The Oedipus Project Premiere Discussion
Zoom / 2020
Bryan Doerries facilitates the discussions with panelists:
Paulette Soltani, Political Director, VOCAL-NY is recognized for her work across New York City in affordable housing and homelessness. She has been an outspoken critic of the way homeless individuals are treated - or not - and most recently how vulnerable they are during this pandemic. VOCAL-NY is a statewide membership organization that focuses on low-income people affected by various social ills.
Jo-Ann Yoo, Executive Director of the Asian-American Federation. The organization was established in 1989 and represents a network of community service agencies including health and human services, education and economic development. Jo-Ann has been outspoken about discrimination faced by the Asian American community in the face of COVID 19. As you know the Asian American community (here in NY) have some of the lowest infection and death rates from the disease. Jo-Ann has been appointed to the State task force on re-opening New York.
Dr. Robert Gore, has been treating COVID-19 patients as an emergency room attending physician at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County and SUNY Downstate Medical Center (where he is also a faculty member). He is the founder of the Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI) which earned him recognition as a CNN Hero, entry into the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, and other awards. He founded the SUNY Downstate Medical Center Minority Medical Student Emergency Medicine (MMSEM) Summer Fellowship - a mentoring program for underrepresented minorities in medicine. He has also worked in disaster zones in Haiti. Dr Gore was raised in Brooklyn, he and his wife reside in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of the borough.
Anthony Almojera, Vice President of the EMS Officers Union. 42 years old and Born and raised in Brooklyn New York. Have lived Montana and California in early 20s and traveled to 90 countries. Majored in theatre and political science in Brooklyn college. A NYC paramedic working with FDNY EMS since 2004 and currently a lieutenant with EMS and work out of EMS station 40 in sunset park Brooklyn.
Audience members Frernanda, Hui Li.
The Oedipus Project Premiere
Zoom / 2020
Frances McDormand plays Jocasta
The Oedipus Project Premiere
Zoom / 2020
Jeffrey Wright plays Tiresias
The Oedipus Project Premiere
Zoom / 2020
Frankie Faison plays the Shepherd
The Oedipus Project Premiere
Zoom / 2020
David Strathairn plays Messenger 1
The Oedipus Project Premiere
Zoom / 2020
Glenn Davis plays Messenger 2
The Oedipus Project Premiere
Zoom / 2020
Oscar Isaac plays Oedipus
Behind-The-Scenes
2020
Behind-the-scenes of Oscar Isaac's desk set up during The Oeidpus Project Premiere. Photo by Elvira Lind.
Oscar Isaac plays Oedipus
2020
Behind-the-scenes photo of Oscar Isaac playing Oedipus during The Oedipus Project Premiere. Photo by Elvira Lind.
Oedipus Makeup Test
2020
Oscar Isaac make up test for The Oedipus Project Premiere. Photo by Elvira Lind. Makeup by Oscar’s uncle Guillermo.
Nyasha Hatendi, Marjolaine Goldsmith, and Damian Lewis in The Oedipus Project
on Zoom / 2020
Nyasha Hatendi plays the Chorus, Damian Lewis plays Oedipus, and Marjolaine Goldsmith plays Tiresias in The Oeidpus Project for an international audience spanning 46 countries.
Nyasha Hatendi, Damian Lewis, Nick Holder and Brían F. O'Byrne in The Oedipus Project
on Zoom / 2020
Nyasha Hatendi plays the Chorus, Damian Lewis plays Oedipus, Nick Holder plays the Messenger, and Brían F. O'Byrne plays the Shepherd in The Oeidpus Project for an international audience spanning 46 countries.
Damian Lewis in The Oeidpus Project
On Zoom / 2020
Nyasha Hatendi, Damian Lewis, Jason Isaacs and Lesley Sharp in The Oedipus Project
Nyasha Hatendi plays the Chorus, Damian Lewis plays Oedipus, Jason Isaacs plays Creon, and Lesley Sharp plays Jocasta in The Oeidpus Project for an international audience spanning 46 countries.
Damian Lewis plays Oedipus
on Zoom / 2020
Nyasha Hatendi, Damian Lewis, Nick Holder Brían F. O'Byrne, and Kathryn Hunter in The Oedipus Project
On Zoom / 2020
Nyasha Hatendi plays the Chorus, Damian Lewis plays Oedipus, Nick Holder plays the Messenger, Brían F. O'Byrne plays the Shepherd and Cathryn Hunter plays The Priest, in The Oeidpus Project for an international audience spanning 46 countries.
Using poetry as a catalyst for an Intergenerational performance and discussion during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Project Highlights
The World on Fire: Ecology, Poetry, and Disability Justice
on Zoom / 2021
An evening of readings and a dialogue among distinguished poets and young poets of tomorrow— a chorus of diverse voices exploring the transformative power of words at the intersection of disability and climate justice.
Presented by Theater of War Productions, Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach at the Burton Blatt Institute, Nine Mile Art Corp, Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature, and The International Writing Program.
Supported by the Academy of American Poets with funds from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Co-facilitated by Bryan Doerries and Diane R. Wiener.
Featuring poems and performances by: Ona Gritz, Stephen Kuusisto, Ekiwah Adler-Belendez, Taylor Brorby, Camisha Jones, Maddy Dietz (Class of 2020 National Student Poet), Christian Butterfield (Class of 2019 National Student Poet), Alondra Uribe (Class of 2019 National Student Poet), David James "DJ" Savarese, and Christopher Costello.
Those Winter Sundays
on Zoom / 2021
This special collaboration between Theater of War Productions and the PBS series Poetry in America presented readings by the actors Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) and Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit) of Robert Hayden's 1960s sonnet “Those Winter Sundays,” as a catalyst for a powerful, guided discussion about the everyday struggle of surviving, thriving, and connecting during this incredibly difficult winter. The event also featured a recorded reading of Hayden's poem by President Joe Biden, helping frame crucial dialogue between diverse communities about economic hardship, family dynamics, parenting, domestic violence, racism, and American identity during this divided and fractured time. Using the poem to build bridges and create a vocabulary for talking about the challenges before us and within our homes, Those Winter Sundays aims to foster compassion, understanding, healing, and resilience.
Facilitated by Bryan Doerries and Elisa New.
Featuring the following panelists:
Karen Bailey, Teacher, Flint, MI
Anthony Almojera, EMS Officer FDNY
Manasi Garg, National Student Poet, Saratoga, CA
Al-Tabar Hudgins, RISE Project Uptown Coordinator, NYC
Nathalie Arzu, RISE Project Uptown Program Manger
Watch the full Event: Poetry for the Pandemic
On Zoom / 2020
Poetry For the Pandemic: November 12, 2020
Bill Murray
On Zoom / 2020
Bill Murray reads:
When Poetry Visits: Ars Poetica by Laura Rothenberg
Tracie Thoms and Bill Murray
On Zoom / 2020
Poetry for the Pandemic’ Showcases Timeless Verse, Bill Murray
On Zoom / 2020
Isabella Ramirez and Juan Felipe Herrera, US Poet Laureate 2015–2017 Read the article in The Emory Wheel.
Isabella Ramirez reads:
Let me Tell You What a Poem Brings by Juan Felipe Herrera for Charles Fishman
&
Exiles by Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera reads:
Mama by Isabella Ramirez
Anthony Wiles and Joshua Bennet
On Zoom / 2020
Anthony Wiles and Joshua Bennet read each other's poems.
Joshua Bennett reads:
we went Home to Crystal by Anthony Wiles
Anthony John Wiles, Jr reads:
Mike Brown is a Type of Christ by Joshua Bennett
Manasi Garg and Mahogany L. Browne
On Zoom / 2020
Manasi Garg and Mahogany L. Browne read each other's poems.
Manasi Garg reads:
litany by Mahogany L. Browne
Mahogany L. Browne reads:
Conversations at the Kitchen Table by Manasi Garg
Patricia Smith and Maddy Dietz
On Zoom / 2020
Patricia Smith and Maddy Dietz read each other's poems.
Patricia Smith reads:
BRACKEN by Madelyn Dietz
Madelyn Dietz reads:
10-Year-Old Shot Three Times, but She’s Fine by Patricia Smith
Molly McCully Brown and Ethan Wang
On Zoom / 2020
Molly McCully Brown and Ethan Wang read each other's poems.
Ethan Wang reads:
What There is To Give by Molly McCully Brown
Molly McCully Brown reads:
walk through the suburbs by Ethan Wang
Poetry for the Pandemic: November 12th
On Zoom / 2020
An intergenerational discussion about poetry during the pandemic.
An Enemy of the People presents acclaimed actors, public health leaders, scientists, journalists, elected officials, and local community members performing dramatic readings of scenes from Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play An Enemy of the People to help frame powerful, guided audience discussions aimed at generating connection, understanding, compassion, moral repair, and much-needed healing. The play tells the story of a doctor who discovers the water supply in his small, rural town has been poisoned by a tannery. Despite his efforts to convey the truth to the public, the doctor fails to save his community from environmental disaster and is ultimately scapegoated for his whistleblowing. An Enemy of the People was first performed in Norway in 1882, and yet it speaks to the present moment as if it were written for our times — to the corrosive influence of power and money in politics, the distortions of the media, and the many other challenges to public health in our culture today, especially during times of crisis.
An Enemy of The People
An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
Theater of War Productions and the world-wide environmental movement Extinction Rebellion joined forces to present scenes from Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People in Times Square on the Red Steps on June 12, featuring acclaimed actors and a “chorus” of climate activists, scientists, journalists, elected officials, and concerned citizens performing the role of the crowd in Ibsen’s 1882 play as a catalyst for a powerful, global conversation about climate change and the challenges of communicating the current environmental stakes before it’s too late. This free, live, hybrid event took place for an in-person audience on the Red Steps, as well as for a large global audience on Zoom.
Featuring performances by Bill Murray (Rushmore), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black), Zach Grenier (The Good Fight), Peter Francis James (Oz), Jay O. Sanders (True Detective), Jumaane Williams (NYC Public Advocate), Peter Marks (former Chief Theater Critic, The Washington Post), and Nate Smith (Extinction Rebellion). Adapted, directed, and facilitated by Bryan Doerries. Produced and technically directed by Marjolaine Goldsmith.
Co-presented by The Sixth Festival.
The Cast of An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
This special event featured a “chorus” of climate activists, scientists, journalists, elected officials, and concerned citizens performing the role of the crowd in Ibsen’s 1882 play, and performances by Bill Murray, Kathryn Erbe, Taylor Schilling, Zach Grenier, Peter Francis James, Jay O. Sanders, Jumaane Williams (NYC Public Advocate), Peter Marks (former Chief Theater Critic, The Washington Post), and Nate Smith (Extinction Rebellion). Directed, adapted, and facilitated by Bryan Doerries.
The audience during An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
Bill Murray plays Mayor Stockmann
Times Square / 2024
Peter Francis James, Bill Murray, and Jay O. Sanders.
The Cast of An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
This special event featured a “chorus” of climate activists, scientists, journalists, elected officials, and concerned citizens performing the role of the crowd in Ibsen’s 1882 play, and performances by Bill Murray, Kathryn Erbe, Taylor Schilling, Zach Grenier, Peter Francis James, Jay O. Sanders, Jumaane Williams (NYC Public Advocate), Peter Marks (former Chief Theater Critic, The Washington Post), and Nate Smith (Extinction Rebellion). Directed, adapted, and facilitated by Bryan Doerries.
The Chorus in the Audience of An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
A “chorus” of climate activists, scientists, journalists, elected officials, and concerned citizens performing the role of the crowd in Ibsen’s 1882 play.
The crowd in Times Square: An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
We were amazed by the hundreds of people who joined us in person and the 1500 on zoom who all attuned their attention to Ibsen's play it's resonance with the climate crisis in one of the liveliest places on earth!
Zach Grenier, Peter Francis James, and Bill Murray
Times Square / 2024
Kathryn Erbe plays Mrs. Stockmann
Times Square / 2024
Panel
Times Square / 2024
Extinction Rebellion Activist Nate Smith
Times Square
You can read about Nate Smith's collaboration with Theater of War Productions in The New York Times: New York Today "From Protester to Joining Bill Murray in ‘Enemy of the People’"
Chris Henry Coffey plays the Drunk in Ibsen's An Enemy of The People
Times Square / 2024
Bryan Doerries facilitates An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion
Times Square / 2024
"Learn to Swim"
Times Square / 2024
Extinction Rebellion unfurled an enormous banner that read "Learn to Swim" after An Enemy of The People: Extinction Rebellion finished on the Red Steps in Times Square. You can listen to an interview with Bryan Doerries and Marjolaine Goldsmith on XRNOW! We were honored to be featured on Extinction Rebellion Radio!
"‘Enemy of the People’ is the 19th century drama that still resonates with our pandemic-scarred society"
Los Angeles Times / 2024
“In Greek tragedy, everyone believes they’re right and pursues it,” he said. “These are stories about people who learn too late, usually by milliseconds, and in that time destroy themselves and generations to come. But here, everyone, except for Stockmann, who isn’t socially aware of how he’s perceived, seems to know they’re wrong and are pursuing it anyway with full consciousness.” Read the full piece in the LA Times by Charles McNulty.
David Strathairn plays Doctor Stockmann
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
David Strathairn plays Doctor Stockmann at An Enemy of The People: A Public Health Project at The National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C.
The Audience of An Enemy of The People
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
A packed house at The National Academy of Sciences! The audience eagerly participated in the scenes with the chorus of public health leaders, scientists, journalists, EMTs, and Nurses.
Brían F. O'Byrne
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Brían F. O'Byrne plays Aslaksen in Ibsen's An Enemy of The People.
Brían F. O'Byrne
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Brían F. O'Byrne plays Aslaksen in Ibsen's An Enemy of The People.
Audience claps
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
The Audience took cues from the chorus of public health leaders, scientists, journalists, EMTs, and Nurses and participated in act IV of Ibsen's An Enemy of The People.
Hybridity
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
We were glad to bring the audience at The National Academy of Sciences in dialogue with a global audience on Zoom tuning in from 19 countries: United States, Peru, Australia, Indonesia, Canada, Mexico, Denmark, Spain, New Zealand, Guatemala, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, Argentina, Hong Kong SAR, United Arab Emirates, Chile, Israel.
Peter Marks in the Chorus
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Peter Marks (The Washington Post's chief theater critic from 2002 to 2023) enthusiastically participated in the chorus of An Enemy of The People.
Cynda Rushton in the Chorus
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Cynda Rushton PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics in the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the School of Nursing, participated as a Chorus member in An Enemy of The People.
Victor Dzau
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Victor Dzau, President of the United States National Academy of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences, participated in the chorus of An Enemy of The People.
Gloria Addo-Ayensu
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Gloria Addo-Ayensu, MD, MPH, Director of Health for Fairfax County, in chorus rehearsal for An Enemy of The People.
Michael Sullivan plays Chorus Member 1
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Michael Patrick Sullivan, Paramedic, FDNY EMS, South Bronx plays Chorus Member 1.
Jeffrey Kahn
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Jeffrey Kahn, PhD, MPH, Andreas C. Dracopoulos Director; Robert Henry Levi and Ryda Hecht Levi Professor of Bioethics and Public Policy, played the drunk in An Enemy of The People.
Cast smiles before the start of An Enemy of The People
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Kathryn Erbe, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Jay O. Sanders, Peter Francis James
Panelists
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Anthony Almojera (Lieutenant Paramedic, FDNY EMS, Vice President of the Uniformed EMS Officers Union, Local 3621), Natalie Bobila ( Francis Collins (former director of the NIH), and Grelia Steele (Global Continuity and Crisis Manager, Guidehouse), served on the panel.
Brian F. O'Byrne plays Aslaksen
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Audience
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Frankie Faison plays Morten Kiil
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Cast of An Enemy of The People
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Cast of An Enemy of The People
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
Marjolaine Goldsmith, Kathryn Erbe, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Jay O. Sanders, Peter Francis James, Brian F. O'Byrne
Audience Members
National Academy of Sciences / 2024
The cast of the premiere of An Enemy of The People: A Public Health Project
Washington D.C. / 2024
The cast of the premiere of An Enemy of The People: A Public Health Project featured performances by David Strathairn (Nomadland), Frankie Faison (The Wire), Kathryn Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Peter Francis James (Oz), Jay O. Sanders (True Detective), Brían F. O'Byrne (The Wonder), Francis Collins (Former Director, National Institutes of Health), Monica Feit (Executive Director, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Jeffrey Kahn (Director, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics), Keshia Pollack Porter (Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Victor Dzau (President, National Academy of Medicine), Vivian Pinn (Senior Scientist Emerita at the NIH Fogarty International Center), Ruth Faden (Berman Institute Founder; Philip Franklin Wagley Professor of Biomedical Ethics), Grelia Steele (Global Continuity and Crisis Manager, Guidehouse), Peter Marks(former chief theater critic, The Washington Post), Gloria Addo-Ayensu (Director of Health, Fairfax County Health Department), Graham Sack (Filmmaker, Dracopoulos-Bloomberg iDeas Lab Fellow), Nancy Kass (Deputy Director for Public Health, Berman Institute of Bioethics), Joshua M. Sharfstein (Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Marjolaine Goldsmith (Company Manager, Theater of War Productions), Cynda Rushton (Anne and George L. Bunting Professor of Clinical Ethics, John Hopkins School of Nursing), Anthony Almojera (Lieutenant Paramedic, FDNY EMS, Vice President of the Uniformed EMS Officers Union, Local 3621), Michael Patrick Sullivan (Paramedic, FDNY EMS, South Bronx) and Emily Packard Dawson (Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine).
This event will be captioned in English on Zoom.
Antigone in Ferguson is a groundbreaking project that fuses dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of Sophocles’ Antigone with live choral music performed by a diverse choir, including activists, youth, teachers, police officers, and concerned citizens from St. Louis, Missouri and New York City, culminating in powerful, healing discussions about racialized violence, police brutality, systemic oppression, gender-based violence, health inequality, and social justice. Antigone in Ferguson was conceived in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in 2014, through a collaboration between Theater of War Productions and community members from Ferguson, MO, and premiered at Normandy High School, Michael Brown’s alma mater, in September of 2016.
Antigone in Ferguson Highlights
Antigone in Ferguson Online Premiere Trailer
On Zoom / 2020
This special event was presented on August 9, 2020 as part of "The Virtual Experience" 6th Annual Michael Brown Memorial Weekend in honor of the life of Michael Brown Jr., and foreground the perspectives of families who have lost their loved ones to police brutality and community violence. We were honored to have Gwen Carr (Eric Garner’s mother), Valerie Bell (Sean Bell’s mother), Marion Gray-Hopkins (Gary Hopkins Jr’s mother), and Uncle Bobby X (Oscar Grant’s uncle) kick off the discussion with their gut responses to the performance, and Cori Bush introduce the event.
This event featured performances by Oscar Isaac, Tracie Thoms, Ato Blankson-Wood, Willie Woodmore, Marjolaine Goldsmith, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, De-Rance Blaylock, Duane Martin Foster, Marcelle Davies Lashley, John Leggette, and Gheremi Clay, and the Antigone in Ferguson Choir.
"I'm Covered" Antigone in Ferguson Virtual Choir
2020
In this time of violence, outrage, division, and grief, Theater of War Productions is honored to share this virtual offering, performed by the Antigone in Ferguson Choir, directed by composer Phil Woodmore @phil_woodmore, and led by the amazing De-Rance Blaylock @deepopstar, graduate of Normandy High School and teacher of Michael Brown. The singers and musicians featured in this video include educators, students, activists, social workers, members of the faith community, and police officers from St. Louis and New York City who have made the commitment to sing together in order to start powerful, uncomfortable, transformative discussions about race and gender-based violence.
The song, “I’m Covered,” written by Phil Woodmore for the project Antigone in Ferguson, is a healing hymn that comes at the end of the play as a collective response to the violence, outrage, division, and grief that precedes it. "Every night that we sing 'I’m Covered' at the end of the play,” said Ms. Blaylock, “it’s my way of covering my student Michael Brown.” We hope that in watching this video, you feel covered, if not by a higher power, then by the humanity, spirit, and hope at the center of the song.
We offer “I’m Covered” for interpretation and discussion, with the hope that it will comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
In solidarity,
Theater of War Productions
Special thanks to our partners the Brooklyn Public Library @bplpresentsand the Stavros Niarchos Foundation @snforg.
House Seats: Antigone in Ferguson
All Arts / 2019
Experience a powerful fusion of Sophocles’ classic tragedy, Antigone, with live music from a contemporary gospel choir and highly personal community discussion. This multifaceted production explores themes of tragedy, trauma and social justice, and shows us that a 2500-year-old play is still relevant today. The all-star ensemble of actors includes Samira Wiley, Chris Noth and Tamara Tunie. Watch the video.
Duane Foster sings in Antigone in Fergsuon
Wellspring Church, St. Louis, MO / 2016
Crowd on the basketball court
Howard Playground, Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY / 2017
Paul Giamatti playing Creon
Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD / 2017
Mrs. Norma Leggette speaks in the audience during Antigone in Ferguson discussion
Wellspring Church, St. Louis, MO / 2016
Meet the Antigone in Ferguson Choir: Duane Foster
2018
Meet the Antigone in Ferguson Choir: Marcelle Davies-Lashley
Brooklyn, NY / 2018
Meet the Antigone in Ferguson Choir: De Andrea Blaylock-Johnson
Ferguson, MO / 2018
Antigone in Ferguson, Meet the Choir: De-Rance Blaylock
Normandy High School, St. Louis, MO / 2018
Antigone in Ferguson, Meet the Choir: Willie Wooodmore
St. Peters, MO / 2018
Meet the Antigone in Ferguson Choir: Lt. Latricia Allen
St. Louis, MO / 2018
What About Justice?: Paul Giamatti and Sonja Sohn star in 'Antigone in Ferguson' at Coppin
City Paper / 2017
Read the article
Michael Brown and the Raw Power of ‘Antigone in Ferguson’
The Daily Beast / 2018
A Chorus Remembers Michael Brown in ‘Antigone in Ferguson’
The New York Times / 2018
Michael Brown Sr. served on the panel during the discussion of Antigone in Ferguson. Read the article.
Missouri Theater Embraces Ferguson Echoes In 'Antigone' Production
NPR / 2016
Antigone in Ferguson - Onassis Festival NY - Antigone Now
Onassis Foundation USA / 2016
Antigone in Ferguson presented at the Onassis Foundation's Festival Antigone Now
Antigone in Ferguson presented at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Nostos Festival
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece / 2017
Tracie Thoms plays Antigone
on Zoom / 2020
On August 9 2020, we had the privilege of presenting Antigone in Ferguson as part of the 6th Annual Michael Brown Memorial Weekend in honor of the life of Michael Brown Jr., hosted by Chosen for Change with opening remarks by Cori Bush, and panelists: Gwen Carr, Valerie Bell, Uncle Bobby X, and Marion Gray-Hopkins, thousands of audience members tuned in from 48 countries.
Cori Bush delivers opening remarks
on Zoom / 2020
On August 9 2020, we had the privilege of presenting Antigone in Ferguson as part of the 6th Annual Michael Brown Memorial Weekend in honor of the life of Michael Brown Jr., hosted by Chosen for Change with opening remarks by Cori Bush, and panelists: Gwen Carr, Valerie Bell, Uncle Bobby X, and Marion Gray-Hopkins, thousands of audience members tuned in from 48 countries.
Oscar Isaac plays Creon
on Zoom / 2020
Marjolaine Goldsmith plays Ismene and Euridyce
on Zoom / 2020
Soloist De-Rance Blaylock
on Zoom / 2020
Ato Blankson Wood plays Haemon
on Zoom / 2020
Willie Woodmore plays Tiresias
on Zoom / 2020
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams plays the Messenger
on Zoom / 2020
Chorus of Antigone in Ferguson
on Zoom / 2020
The music composed and conducted by Phil Woodmore, is sung by 5 soloists and a choir composed of Activists, teachers, law enforcement officers, members of the faith community, and students, from St. Louis and New York City. Our sound technician Matt Craig, found a way to feature the music and vocalists on zoom so we could have a live performance of the music in the live event!
Moses Ingram Plays Antigone
On Zoom / 2020
Tate Donovan plays Creon
on Zoom / 2020
Corey Hawkins plays Haemon
On Zoom / 2020
Theater of War Frontline is an innovative project—developed by Theater of War Productions, the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the Johns Hopkins Program in Arts, Humanities & Health—that presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of scenes from ancient Greek plays for audiences of frontline medical professionals to open up powerful dialogue about difficult subjects, fostering a sense of connection and promoting health-seeking behavior. By presenting ancient plays to doctors, nurses, EMTs, respiratory therapists, and the frontline community about emotionally-charged, ethically complex situations, Theater of War Frontline aims to create a brave space for open, candid dialogue and reflection, fostering compassion, a renewed sense of community, and positive action.
Highlights
Theater of War Frontline Trailer
2020
Throughout 2020, under a grant from the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, we have presented Theater of War Frontline to the following frontline communities: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, NYC Uniformed EMS Officers Union, American College of Emergency Physicians, NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens, NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, Mount Sinai Health System, Doctors Without Borders, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYU Langone Health, and Montefiore Medical Center.
Theater of War Frontline: Mount Sinai
On Zoom / 2020
Frances McDormand, Frankie Faison, and Marjolaine Goldsmith in Theater of War Frontline: Mount Sinai on November 19, 2020. Read the article in The Washington Post.
Theater Of War: Using Greek Tragedy To Help Frontline Medical Workers Cope During Covid-19
Forbes / 2020
Read the feature about Theater of War Frontline in Forbes. Amy Ryan, Anthony Almojera, and Chad Coleman in Theater of War Frontline EMS on July 30 2020.
Dramatic interventions in the tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Lancet / 2020
Read the feature in The Lancet
Frances McDormand plays Hercules in The Women of Trachis
on Zoom / 2020
Frances McDormand plays Hercules in The Women of Trachis presented to the Baltimore and Johns Hopkins medical community in June 2020 with The Berman Institute of Bioethics in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Frankie Faison plays the Chorus in Philoctetes and The Women of Trachis
on Zoom / 2020
Frankie Faison plays the Chorus in Philoctetes and The Women of Trachis, presented to the Baltimore and Johns Hopkins medical community in June 2020 with The Berman Institute of Bioethics in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
David Strathairn plays Philoctetes
on Zoom / 2020
David Strathairn plays Philoctetes presented to the Baltimore and Johns Hopkins medical community in June 2020 with The Berman Institute of Bioethics in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jesse Eisenberg plays Hyllus in The Women of Trachis
on Zoom / 2020
Jesse Eisenberg plays Hyllus in The Women of Trachis presented to the Baltimore and Johns Hopkins medical community in June 2020 with The Berman Institute of Bioethics in response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Theater of War for Frontline
2020
Panel in Theater of War Frontline with Johns Hopkins Bermen Institute of Bioethics. This panel includes a nurse, a respiratory therapist, a medical student, and an ER doctor.
A conversation about death, begun 2,500 years ago in Greece
UCSF / 2018
Theater of War for Medical Communities was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle
Jesse Eisenberg, David Zayas, and Frances McDormand
On Zoom / 2020
Presenting Sophocles' Women of Trachis during Theater of War Frontline at Lincoln Medical Center.
Frankie Faison, Jesse Eisenberg, and David Zayas
on Zoom / 2020
Presenting Sophocles' Philoctetes during Theater of War for Frontline Medical Providers at Lincoln Medical Center.
Frontline: Doctors Without Borders/MSF
On Zoom / 2020
Frances McDormand, Nyasha Hatendi, and Frankie Faison in Theater of War Frontline: Doctors Without Borders/MSF.
End of Life presents readings of ancient Greek plays in public settings and medical communities as a catalyst for facilitated discussions about challenges faced by patients, families, and health professionals today around end of life care. This unique, participatory event is intended to promote powerful, open discussion among diverse communities - public and professional - fostering compassion, cooperation, and understanding about living with chronic suffering and the mortality we all share.
End of Life Highlights
Charles S. Dutton as Hercules in Women of Trachis
Harvard Medical School / 2010
Screams from Greek stage aim for doctors’ hearts Drama animates issues in Harvard ethics course
Harvard Medical School / 2010
Read the article on Boston.com
Theater of the mind, heart and spirit
Harvard Medical School / 2010
End of Life - Women of Trachis Reading │ IOM Committee on Approaching Death
Chautauqua Institution CHQ Health Care Forum / 2013
The King Lear Project presents streamlined readings of scenes from Shakespeare’s King Lear to engage diverse audiences—including older adults, caregivers, and family members—in open, healing, constructive, discussions about the challenges of aging, dementia, and caring for friends and loved ones.
King Lear Highlights
James Earl Jones
The Bronx Museum of the Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Grandparents around the world presents king lear project
Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
It was a star-studded performance at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Legendary Actor James Earl Jones partnered with Grandparents Around the World and Theater of War to bring Shakespeare's King Lear to the Bronx with a team of famed actors -- as a way to build bridges through communication among the various age groups reflected in communities.
Linda Powell, James Earl Jones, and his son, Flynn Jones
The Bronx Museum of the Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
James Earl Jones as King Lear
The Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
photo by Beowulf Sheehan
The King Lear Project Cast
The Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
Juliana Francis Kelly, Andrea Patterson, Obi Abili, Linda Powell, James Earl Jones, and his son, Flynn Jones.
photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Peter Francis James as Albany, and Juliana Francis Kelly as Goneril
The Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
photo by Beowulf Sheehan
The King Lear Project presented to Grandparents Around The World
The Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Andrea Patterson plays Regan and Juliana Francis Kelly plays Goneril
The Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Obi Abili plays the Fool
The Bronx Museum of the Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Peter Francis James plays Albany
The Bronx Museum of the Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Juliana Francis Kelly plays Goneril
The Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
James Earl Jones plays King Lear
The Bronx Museum of The Arts / 2019
Photo by Beowulf Sheehan
Marjolaine Goldsmith as Cordelia
Edie Windsor SAGE Center / 2019
Cynthia Nixon as King Lear, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams as the Fool
Edie Windsor SAGE Center / 2019
Harris Yulin as Lear
Carroll Gardens Branch - Brooklyn Public Library / 2019
Obi Abili plays the fool, Marjolaine Goldsmith plays Cordelia.
photo by Gregg Richards
Obi Abili plays the fool
Carroll Gardens Branch - Brooklyn Public Library / 2019
photo by Gregg Richards
The Audience at the King Lear Project
Carroll Gardens Branch - Brooklyn Public Library / 2019
photo by Gregg Richards
Juliana Francis Kelly as Goneril
Carroll Gardens Branch - Brooklyn Public Library / 2019
photo by Gregg Richards
Tesa Arozqueta, Director of Outreach
Carroll Gardens Branch - Brooklyn Public Library / 2019
Tesa Arozqueta, Director of Outreach for the Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence speaks from the audience of the King Lear Project.
photo by Gregg Richards
Painting by Wyckoff Senior Center
Wyckoff Senior Center / 2019
We were so honored that in advance of our performance of The King Lear Project, the Wyckoff Senior Center Art Class collectively worked on a painting inspired by the play. To open the event, the Wyckoff choir performed "Lean on Me".
A groundbreaking project by and for nurses, The Nurse Antigone presents dramatic readings of Sophocles’ Antigone on Zoom—featuring professional actors and a chorus of frontline nurses—to help frame powerful, guided discussions about the unique challenges faced by nurses before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Nurse Antigone Highlights
Watch The Nurse Antigone Finale
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
This culminating hybrid event of The Nurse Antigone Series was broadcast from The Greene Space in New York City with a digital audience on Zoom on May 18th, 2023.
Featuring performances by Kathryne Erbe (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Ato Blankson-Wood (When They See Us), David Strathairn (Nomadland), Adepero Oduye (12 Years a Slave), Anthony Edwards (Top Gun), New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, Craig Manbauman (Nurse, Poet, U.S. Air Force Veteran), Charlaine Lasse (BSN, RN, RNC-NIC, Vascular Access Team, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center), and Sandy Cayo (Board Certified Nurse Practitioner, Assistant Professor, Yale School of Nursing).
The Nurse Antigone Finale
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
The Nurse Antigone Finale
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Kathryn Erbe plays Antigone and Anthony Edwards Plays Creon.
The Nurse Antigone Finale
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Ato Blankson-Wood plays Haemon, Jumaane Williams plays The Messenger
The Nurse Antigone Finale
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
We were honored to welcome many nurses to The Green Space, physically and digitally, to engage in a profound hybrid discussion.
Nurse Antigone Audience Participant
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Lauree Sutton Particpates in The Nurse Antigone
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
David Strathairn plays Tiresias
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Craig Manbauman, Chorus Member, and Panelist
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Charlaine Lasse, Chorus Member and Panelist
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Anthony Edwards as Creon
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Adepero Oduye plays Ismene
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Jumanne Williams plays the Guard and Anthony Edwards Plays Creon
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Sandy Cayo, Chorus Member and Panelist
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
Cynda Rushton, Charlaine Lasse, and Craig Manbauman
The Green Space in New York City / 2023
The Nurse Antigone Trailer
The Green Space in New York City / 2022
Watch the Nurse Antigone Trailer with clips from the launch performance of the twelve-part series. Featuring performances by Tracie Thoms, Margaret Atwood, Bill Camp, and Taylor Schilling, and remarks by nurses Ruth Kinsella, Kara Curry, Charlaine Lasse, and Craig Manbauman.
“Confronting Grief, With Margaret Atwood, in ’The Nurse Antigone’”
The New York Times / 2022
“Confronting Grief, With Margaret Atwood, in ’The Nurse Antigone’” by Alisha Haridasani Gupta
A dramatic reading by Theater of War Productions will include the author and practicing nurses who have held the front line of the pandemic.
“Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’”
Associated Press / 2022
“Front-line nurses star in online staging of play ‘Antigone’” by Mark Kennedy
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
Taylor Schilling plays Ismene and Tracie Thoms plays Antigone in The Nurse Antigone Launch.
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
The Inaugural Nurse Chorus: Charlaine Lasse (Registered Nurse, IV Therapy, Neonatal Intensive Care), Amy Smith (Nurse Practitioner, Northwell Health, Hofstra University), Aliki Argiropoulos (Nurse Clinician II, Blood and Marrow Transplant, Oncology Critical Care, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital).
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams plays The Messenger in The Nurse Antigone Launch.
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
Ato Blankson Wood plays Haemon in The Nurse Antigone Launch
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
Tracie Thoms plays Antigone in The Nurse Antigone Launch.
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
Taylor Schilling plays Eurydice in The Nurse Antigone Launch.
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
Panelists in the Nurse Antigone Launch, discussion co-facilitated by Cynda Rushton and Bryan Doerries.
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
Margaret Atwood plays Tiresias in The Nurse Antigone Launch.
The Nurse Antigone Launch
On Zoom / 2022
Bill Camp plays Creon in The Nurse Antigone Launch.
A dramatic reading of Susie King Taylor's memoir to help frame powerful, guided discussions about challenges faced by Nurses and Veterans.
The Susie King Taylor Project Highlights
The Susie King Taylor Project
The Susie King Taylor Center for Jubilee and on Zoom / 2023
Watch the full recording of The Susie King Taylor Project premiere, which starred Tracie Thoms and was broadcast globally with The Susie King Taylor Center for Jubilee as the central ground site. This premiere was co-presented as part of The Nurse Antigone initiative by Theater of War Productions, the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Resilient Nurses Initiative - Maryland, and DAV (Disabled American Veterans).
Samira Wiley's invitation to The Susie King Taylor Project
2023
Rooted in discussions about the invisible and visible wounds of war, the company’s hallmark project is designed to increase awareness of psychological health issues, disseminate information on available resources, and foster greater community cohesion.
Theater of War Highlights
Theater of War: Philoctetes DAV
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial / 2024
Theater of War: Philoctetes took place in front of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial—featuring David Strathairn, Ato Blankson-Wood, Chad Coleman, and a chorus of veterans—to commemorate its 10th anniversary in Washington D.C.
Audience of Theater of War: Ajax
United States Naval Academy / 2023
We were honored to present three projects—Theater of War: Ajax, Rum and Vodka, and Tape—in Alumni Hall at the United Naval Academy on October 13th and 14th. Our thanks go the thousands of Midshipmen who participated and offered their keen insights into the plays, engaging in powerful discussions about mental health, suicide prevention, alcohol/substance abuse, addiction, consent, and power dynamics.Our thanks go the thousands of Midshipmen who participated and offered their keen insights into the plays, engaging in powerful discussions about mental health, suicide prevention, alcohol/substance abuse, addiction, consent, and power dynamics.
Audience member participates in Theater of War: Ajax
United States Naval Academy / 2023
Keith David Plays Ajax
2023
This special presentation was co-presented by Theater of War Productions, Humana, Reveille Grounds, VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars), and DAV (Disabled American Veterans), as part of Global Loneliness Awareness Week.
This event took place on June 12, 2023 and featured performances by Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black, Dear Edward), Keith David (Platoon, Armageddon, Nope), Naomi Mathis (Air Force Veteran, DAV Associate National Legislative Director), Dan West (Adjutant General, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Marine Veteran), and David Hanauer (Ensemble Manager of Olive Branch & Laurel Crown, Marine Veteran).
Theater of War Philoctetes
on Zoom / 2023
Watch the full recording Theater of War: Philoctetes featuring Willem Dafoe, Jason Isaacs, Nyasha Hatendi and a chorus of Veterans. This event was co-presented by Bravehound, a Scottish charity that supports former servicemen, women and their families by providing service dogs and training to Veterans.
Theater of War Trailer
2020
Watch the Theater of War Trailer
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford presents Theater of War to Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders
National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, DC / 2017
Zach Grenier, Glenn Davis, and Marjolaine Goldsmith are introduced by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford. See article.
Reading of Scenes from Sophocles’ AJAX
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC / 2016
Jeffrey Wright, Marjolaine Goldsmith, Reg E. Cathey, and David Strathairn present Theater of War on the fifteenth anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks. This performance was featured in The New Yorker.
Theater of War on PBS Newshour
2011
Like War Itself, Effects of War Are Hell. Ask the Greeks.
The New York Times / 2008
Theater of War: Battling PTSD with Sophocles
The Aspen Institute, Scholastic Auditorium, NY / 2016
Reg E. Cathey, Kathryn Erbe, and Michael Stuhlbarg perform Sophocles' Philoctetes, followed by a conversation with the audience,