This series of events was a collaboration with The On Being Project, accompanying the release of Bryan Doerries' translations of Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy: Oedipus The King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. A truly global audience of 3,525 people from 38 countries attended the Oedipus Trilogy engaging in the story of an intergenerational curse passing through a single family, tracing an arc from early childhood trauma to familial and societal collapse.
The three projects that compose the Oedipus Trilogy include: The Oedipus Project, The Oedipus at Colonus Project, and Antigone.
The Oedipus Project presents acclaimed actors performing scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, constructive online conversations about the climate crisis and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on individuals, families, and communities.
The Oedipus at Colonus Project presents readings of scenes from Sophocles’ final play, Oedipus at Colonus, as catalyst for powerful, community-driven conversations about homelessness, the immigration and refugee crisis, and the challenges of eldercare during and after the pandemic.
The Antigone Project presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of Sophocles’ Antigone as a catalyst for powerful, healing discussions about racialized violence, police brutality, systemic oppression, gender-based violence, health inequality, and social justice.
Oedipus Trilogy published by Vintage
Bryan Doerries' new translations of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, forthcoming from Vintage Books on October 26th.
Praise for The Oedipus Trilogy
We were honored Oscar Isaac played Oedipus in the premiere of The Oedipus Project on May, 7, 2020.
Praise for The Oedipus Trilogy
Elif Batuman wrote a profile on Theater of War Productions in the New Yorker: "Can Greek Tragedies Get Us Through The Pandemic?" centering most of the piece on The Oedipus Project.
Praise for The Oedipus Trilogy
We are proud to collaborate with The On Being Project, a Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast, and Krista Tippett on this presentation of The Oedipus Trilogy. Bryan Doerries was featured on The On Being Podcast and Radio show, interviewed by Krista Tippett, in April of 2021.
Praise for The Oedipus Trilogy
The acclaimed director Peter Brook is a long time friend of and mentor to Bryan Doerries. Recently, they had the pleasure of discussing Peter's enduring and illustrious career on The Brooklyn Rail's New Social Environment.
Oedipus Trilogy Cast
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Moses Ingram
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Moses Ingram
The Queen's Gambit
Macbeth
Day 74
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Tracie Thoms
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Tracie Thoms
Credits include:
Rent
The Devil Wears Prada
Annie
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Jesse Eisenberg
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Jesse Eisenberg
Film credits include:
The Social Network
Adventureland
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Amy Ryan
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Amy Ryan
TV & Film credits include:
Win, Win
Gone Baby Gone (Academy Award Nomination)
The Wire
The Office -
Glenn Davis
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Glenn Davis
Theater credits include:
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Richard Rogers Theatre)
Wig Out! (Vineyard Theatre)
The Bluest Eye (Steppenwolf)
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Marjolaine Goldsmith
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Marjolaine Goldsmith
Credits Include
Compromise
Afterwords
Henry IV
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Bill Camp
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Bill Camp
Theater credits include:
Diary of a Madman (Yale Repertory Theater)
Saint Joan (Broadway)
The Seagull (Broadway
TV & Film credits include:
Tamara Drewe
The Dying GaulThe Queen's Gambit
The Night Of
The Bourne Ultimatum
Dark Waters
The Outsider
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
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Ato Blankson Wood
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Ato Blankson Wood
At the New York Shakespeare Festival, Ato has starred in Twelfth Night, As You Like It & The Total Bent (Drama League, Lucille Lortel nominations). Other stage credits include Hair (Broadway and West End), the Foundry Theater’s production of O. Earth, Iphigenia in Aulis at Classic Stage Company and Lysistrata Jones off and on Broadway. Film/TV: Spike Lee’s Black Klansman, The Kindergarten Teacher opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal, Detroit, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, "The Marvelous Mrs Maisel" (Amazon) "She's Gotta Have It" (Netflix) and “The Good Fight” (CBS) He is a 2017 recipient of the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship, a member of The Actors Center and holds a B.F.A. from NYU & M.F.A. from The Yale School of Drama.
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David Strathairn
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David Strathairn
TV & Film credits include:
NomadlandLincoln
Temple Grandin (Emmy Award)
Good Night & Good Luck(Academy Award Nomination)
The Uninvited
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David Patrick Kelly
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David Patrick Kelly
David Patrick Kelly has an expansive body of work that includes iconic roles in Water Hill cult-classic The Warriors and the David Lynch series “Twin Peaks”, which was recently rebooted on Showtime.
Highlights of Kelly’s feature career which spans over 3 decades include: O.G. (opposite Jeffrey Wright, TriBeCa Film Festival Premiere), Spike Lee’s film Chi-Raq, opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Jennifer Hudson; John Wick; Flags of Our Fathers; Café Society; Malcolm X; Justice; In Too Deep; Last Man Standing; The Crow; Commando. On television, DP appeared in roles on “Succession,” “Feed the Beast,” “The Blacklist,” “Blue Bloods,” “Bored to Death,” “Gossip Girl,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Louie,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Third Watch”.
A veteran of the stage, DP most recently starred Off-Broadway in Lear deBessonet’s Miss You Like Hell at The Public Theater. On Broadway, DP was last seen co-starring with Keira Knightley in Therese Raquin for the Roundabout Theater Company. His other Broadway credits include in Once (originated Off-Broadway), Festen, Uncle Vanya, Twelfth Night, The Government Inspector, The Suicide, Knockout, Working and the original company of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Off-Broadway credits includes Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ newest play Everybody at Signature Theater; When I Come to Die (Duke Theater), The Glorious Ones(Lincoln Center Theater), Ghosts (Classic Stage Company), Kit Marlowe (Public Theater) and many more.
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Jumaane Williams
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Jumaane Williams
Jumaane Williams has served as the New York City Public Advocate since 2019. He formerly served as a member of the New York City Council from the 45th district.
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David Denman
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David Denman
The Office
Brightburn
Logan Lucky
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Willie Woodmore
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Willie Woodmore
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David Zayas
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David Zayas
TV & Film credits include:
Gotham
Dexter
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Daphne Rubin-Vega
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Daphne Rubin-Vega
Theater credits include:
Rent (Mimi; Original cast, Tony nom: Best Actress/Musical)
Anna in the Tropics (Tony nom)
Film credits include:
In The Heights
Jack Goes Boating
Sex and The City (film 1)
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Nyasha Hatendi
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Nyasha Hatendi
The Front Runner
Into the Dark
Alex Rider
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Josh Hamilton
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Josh Hamilton
Theater credits include:
Three Sisters (Classic Stage)
The Coast of Utopia (Lincoln Center Theater)
Proof (Broadway)
TV & Film credits include:
Ten Stories Tall
Away We Go
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Zach Grenier
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Zach Grenier
Selected credits: Broadway: 33 Variations, A Man For All Seasons; Off-Broadway: A Question of Mercy, The Fiery Furnace, and, at the Public Theatre, Stuff Happens, Woyzeck, Talk Radio. Regional: the title roles in Uncle Vanya and Tartuffe at Yale Repertory, the latter also at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, and Yvan in Art in Chicago. Films include Tommy Boy, Twister, Ride With The Devil, Fight Club and Zodiac. On television, series regular on C16:FBI and Touching Evil; featured on Deadwood, 24, and The Good Wife.
