What happens after tragedy? JACK, What Will the Neighbors Say?, Hamlet Isn’t Dead, and Sanguine Theatre Company come together for a novel collaboration across Brooklyn’s indie theater scene with “moments after Aias,” a free adaptation of Sophocles built from classical text and contemporary found voices, directed and written by Andrew Watkins. Premiering at JACK from July 17th - 26th.
This season at Classic Stage Company, the Classic Perspectives Series will be curated and hosted by Co-Artistic Directors Sam Hood Adrain and James Clements. Classic Perspectives is a post-show discussion program at CSC offering audiences the chance to go beyond the performance and engage in meaningful conversation. Following select performances, the series brings together artists, scholars, and creative team members to unpack the themes of the production, explore its connections to both past and present experiences, and dive behind-the-scenes processes.
Returning as playwrights for a third year, this free youth education program creates a brave and welcoming space where young artists can share important ideas and generate exciting theatre that will be performed for their peers. Jane O’Leary, the Director of Education at Barrington Stage Company, noted, “[A]s playwright mentors in PMP, James and Sam are experts at knowing how to work with the teens to support them dramaturgically. Every year, we benefit from their craft and look forward to how they help the program grow artistically.”
