Late last month, Theater of War for Frontline Medical Providers performed “Ajax”, a famous Greek Tragedy set during the Trojan War, to enable EMS providers to draw parallels between their ...

Sophocles’ tragedy, Ajax, is presented by the National Theatre of Greece this August ... the greatest warrior of the Greek camp, following the death of Achilles, lays claim to the dead hero ...

Ajax in Iraq is Ellen McLaughlin’s work that has the past and present collide, telling the stories of Sophocles’ classic ...

Sophocles, who was also a long-serving general, wrote “Ajax.” Catharsis was so integral to Greek military life that war tragedies were performed during annual theatre festivals for seventeen ...

Nearly 2,500 years after it was originally staged, this modern twist on the Greek play reminds ... back thousands of years. Scena Theatre presents Sophocles’ Ajax, translated by John Tipton ...

Here the modern idiom and setting — bits about AK-47s and Ajax being “a pain in the ass” — don’t always sit comfortably with the Greek elements. The results are uneven, though still meaty.

They’re pretty cool,” Cardenas said. Just as the brawny Ajax often struggles to find the words to relay his thoughts in the Greek classics, words fail to capture the scope of Theater of War ...

Ajax In Iraq sprawls. Frank Theatre describes the piece as a "mash-up" and it is that for sure. ...The soldiers often serve as chorus, in both the modern and Greek stories. Characters often speak ...

It is staged as part of the “Theatre of War” project ... After actors read from Ajax and another Greek play, Philoctetes, soldiers talk of their experiences and then there is a discussion ...

Show times for Ajax in Iraq are 8pm Wednesdays through Saturdays ... Tickets can be purchased by calling 803-777-2551 or by visiting the Longstreet Theatre box office, which is open Monday ...