OEDIPUS: CATEGORY FIVE Perform At Parker Memorial United Methodist Church

Oedipus: Category 5 is an adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, placing the story in a post-Katrina political and psychological context. It will be performed as a five year commemoration to the storm and its aftermath. The play is designed to capture the ageless, archetypal quality of sacred Greek drama combined with its temporal relevance to both Katrina and the current oil spill. "Its really an existential story about the human experience of confronting forces that are out of our control," says author/director, David O'Donaghue, a psychologist and philosopher. Sigmund Freud recognized the universal importance of this story in describing human longing for both self-understanding and self-deception. The strategy of denial and avoidance is viewed in this drama on both the personal and the political level.

Please join us for this independently produced, multimedia interpretation of the timeless Greek Tragedy, Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, featuring original compositional music by Eric Laws and Morella.

Info
Performance(s): 3
Dates: Friday 8/27, Saturday 8/28, Sunday 8/29
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Admission: $15 | No reservations, Cash Only

...THE CAST

Oedipus - James Howard Wright Jr.
Creon - Keith Launey
Jocasta - Monica R. Harris
Case Worker - Brittany Chandler
Dr. Tiresias - Michael Martin
Retired Servant - Hugh Ettinger
Chorus Members - Adrienne Burns, Carolyn Levy, Gay Marsiglia,
Kevin McCormick, and Jim Meadows

 

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