JOIN US FOR A LIMITED ON-DEMAND PRESENTATION FROM-
TUESDAY, DEC. 10, 4PM - WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11, 4PM.
Orestes
By Euripides
Translated by Anne Carson
Directed by Ashley Kelly Tata*
Presented by The School of Drama at The New School College of Performing Arts
In this exciting reimagining of Orestes, the poet, translator, and essayist Anne Carson gives birth to a wholly new experience of the classic Greek triumvirate of vengeance. Anne Carson’s watershed translation of a death-dance of vengeance and passion is not to be missed, combining contemporary language with the traditional structures and rhetoric of Greek tragedy.
“I’m interested in having the chorus of the women of Argos step out from the chorus into any of the roles to focus on the communal in the performance of this work, and explore the idea that any member of a community can be the protagonist of the narrative. Ultimately, Orestes should serve what I think is so urgent about the piece right now: these are young people playing out the story of a history of violence that they have inherited from the generations before them.” - Ashley Kelly Tata, director
*SDC Member
Join us for this timely and topical event.
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