My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?

The author is a playwright and director. Iran’s old name was Persia. An ancient Greek tragedy titled “The Persians” (472 BCE) tells part of that story. Written by Aeschylus, the playwright who helped ...

"I'd like the audience to think about how crazy it is that a play from 415 B.C.E. dealing with war can still have this much relevance," said Steven Marzolf, assistant professor of theater at the ...

A cross-program collaboration of talented Mercer County Community College students will be on full display with theater and dance interpretations of a classic Greek tragedy, when they present "The ...

At the Salzburg Festival, a new adaptation of “The Oresteia” will put a classic story of war, democracy and revenge into a modern context. By David Belcher Staging “The Oresteia,” Aeschylus’s epic ...