Theater of War

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ann M.

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The Suppliants Project: Ukraine, Notre Dame Forum
October 3, 2022
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT

Suppliants Project: Ukraine will present dramatic readings of Aeschylus’ 

Suppliants live in-person in the University of Notre Dame’s iconic football stadium on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. EDT—featuring professional actors and a chorus of Ukrainian students—to help frame guided discussions about the impact of war on individuals, families, and communities. Using a 2,500-year-old text as the catalyst for powerful, global dialogue, 

The Suppliants Project: Ukraine seeks to amplify and humanize the voices and perspectives of people whose lives have been touched by war, including refugees, students, activists, and artists from Ukraine and other countries, who participate in the performance and discussion, both in person and virtually from locations all over the world. The Oct. 3 event at Notre Dame represents the second installment of the project that seeks to engage both local and global audiences. 

The Suppliants is an ancient Greek play about a group of refugees who seek asylum in the city of Argos from forced marriage and violence. The play not only depicts the struggle of these refugees to cross a border into safety, but also the internal struggle within the country that ultimately receives them, as its citizens wrestle with how best to address the crisis at their border and whether to go to war on behalf of the refugees seeking their protection.  Featuring performances by Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-winning actor Anthony Edwards (Top Gun, E.R., Inventing Anna), Emmy Award-winning actor Keith David (Nope, Armageddon, The Thing), actor Tate Donovan (Friends, The O.C., Hercules) and Ukrainian students from Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv who are studying at the University of Notre Dame for the 2022 Fall Semester: Bohdana Yakobchuk, Kristina Bohdanova, Olenka Tsyhankova, Olha Droniak, Yaryna Pysko, Solomiia Rozlutska, and Sofia Dobko. This special event is presented as part of the Notre Dame Forum 2022-2023: War & Peace.

This event will be captioned in English and Ukrainian with audio interpretation in English and Ukrainian.     Facebook   Twitter   Link   Website
 
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