In this fast, fresh, and feminist adaptation of Aeschylus’s ancient trilogy of plays, Ellen McLaughlin invites us to question what justice looks like in action. In The Oresteia, each member of a family enacts a kind of violence intended to right a wrong. Instead, violence perpetuates violence and a cycle of harm makes each person “morally unrecognizable” even to themselves. Drawing inspiration from South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, this play grapples with not just how a cycle occurs, but how it affects and mobilizes a community to move beyond punitive judgment and individual blame toward the complexities of repair. In this timely re-telling of an ancient story, we are left to consider the nature of justice and a community’s role in healing from harm.
 

Performances: 

February 28th & March 1st - 7:30 p.m.

March 6th & 7th - 7:30 p.m.

March 8th - 2:00 p.m. / 7:30 p.m.