What We Owe the Dead
A poet/playwright reflects on the disturbing, arresting lessons of the Greek plays she’s wrestled with for much of her career.
All Stories About Homer
Show and Telemachus: Joseph Medeiros’s Journey Through ‘The Odyssey’
How a versatile actor picked up ancient Greek in his spare time, and soon became the unlikely bearer of an intimate and ancient tale—in its original language.
Myths Mix in Plays by Parks, Shepard and Kneehigh
Playwrights superimpose ancient myths over contemporary concerns, in a theatrical alchemy that makes the old seem new again—and the new seem timeless.
