Here are our critics’ top picks from the thousands of shows heading to Scotland in a few weeks for the Edinburgh Fringe and ...

The summertime is peak season for ancient Greek theatre and the majority of performances present contemporary adaptations in Greek. One upcoming production this July will present Elektra from ...

The "Promitheia 2025" festival, held last weekend, marked its 30th year celebrating the Dodecatheists, adherents to the 12 ...

Electra’s tragic myth inspired Carl Jung’s Electra complex, shaping psychological views on father-daughter relationships.

Written by Anna Ziegler and directed by Maggie Burrows, 'Janeiad' tells the stories of two women, centuries apart, who each ...

“Hurrican Diane,” Sefic said, is “very much a modern contemporary comedy. It hints at ancient Greek plays, but it doesn’t live there. There are moments where it gets surreal.

My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and warned against hubris. What would he have made of our current moment?

Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events.

Actors Circle will present the ancient Greek comedy, Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” March 13-16 and March 21-23 at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, Scranton.

Aristotle’s Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher’s 4th century BCE treatise on what constitutes the best form of poetry is our ...

Greek theatre consists of three main genres: tragedy, comedy and the satyr play, a comedy-tragedy hybrid with a chorus of actors dressed as satyrs. Each is different in its focus and general ...

Types of Greek Dramas The three genres of drama that emerged during ancient Greece were tragedy, comedy, and satyr plays.