Full length. In the hours before the seer Tiresias is summoned to tell Oedipus who killed the former king (a disclosure that rains tragedy on Oedipus and his entire family), Tiresias’s lover, Ameinius, fearful for his partner’s life, tries to keep him from going with a charade that ends up tearing them apart. A prequel to the Oedipus trilogy.
Full length. In the hours before the seer Tiresias is summoned to tell Oedipus who killed the former king (a disclosure that rains tragedy on Oedipus and his entire family), Tiresias’s lover, Ameinius, fearful for his partner’s life, tries to keep him from going with a charade that ends up tearing them apart. A prequel to the Oedipus trilogy.
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Secrets of the Birds
by Lynda Crawford
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This piece is a heartfelt alternative canon to Sophocles and Aeschylus. It deals with modern themes of migration, xenophobia, and queerness in a way that feels organic within the world that has been created, while still being a recognizably ancient world.
This piece is a heartfelt alternative canon to Sophocles and Aeschylus. It deals with modern themes of migration, xenophobia, and queerness in a way that feels organic within the world that has been created, while still being a recognizably ancient world.
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Development History
TypeReading, OrganizationActors Studio Playwrights & Directors Unit, Year2024