In collaboration with Veteran led Exit12 who is bringing together a cohort of veterans, refugees, and artists to create and evening-length performance to premiere at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
An educational guided tour performance of Aquila’s production of Julius Caesar for Middle and High School students featuring key scenes of the production and a post show question and answer.
An educational guided tour performance of Aquila’s production of Julius Caesar for Middle and High School students featuring key scenes of the production and a post show question and answer.
Ancient Athenians grappled with the best means to govern themselves, experimenting with democratic notions of participation from amongst its citizens. How has this influenced our own democracy, and what lessons can be learned from their experiments?
As we struggle to define and refine our own democratic systems of governance in modern times, these ancient texts allow us to reflect on these questions and offer insight into how and why these foundations were pursued in the first place. This staged reading of select scenes from Sophocles’ “Antigone” by members of The Warrior Chorus will be performed by military veterans and followed by a discussion centering on themes of isegoria (equality), omonoia (unity), dike (justice), and eleutheria (liberty). Come join us to hear these veterans’ unique perspectives on the age-old questions of what democracy represents, how it has changed over time, and the value of upholding and defending it.
To find out more and see past productions, visit the Aquila website. Check out our digital program here!
Preserving “the milk of human kindness” [Lady Macbeth {1:5)]. Audience engagement with the theme of unity in a live performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
The Warrior Chorus group at Florida International University in Miami, FL is giving a public performance of selected readings from De Tocqueville, Frederick Douglass, Herzig-Yoshinaga, Aeschylus and more by veterans, followed by audience discussions about the power of these works and how performance can take us beyond simply identifying the issues of our day and move us to take action.
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Preserving “the milk of human kindness” [Lady Macbeth {1:5)]. Audience engagement with the theme of unity in a live performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
Preserving “the milk of human kindness” [Lady Macbeth {1:5)]. Audience engagement with the theme of unity in a live performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
Preserving “the milk of human kindness” [Lady Macbeth {1:5)]. Audience engagement with the theme of unity in a live performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Preserving “the milk of human kindness” [Lady Macbeth {1:5)]. Audience engagement with the theme of unity in a live performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Preserving “the milk of human kindness” [Lady Macbeth {1:5)]. Audience engagement with the theme of unity in a live performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Preserving “the milk of human kindness” [Lady Macbeth {1:5)]. Audience engagement with the theme of unity in a live performance of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Zoom webinar hosted by the NYU Center for Ancient Studies, with an introduction by Peter Meineck, Associate Professor of Classics in the Modern World (NYU). The event will include a reading of scenes from Sophocles’ “Antigone” by member of The Warrior Chorus followed by a discussion centering on themes of isegoria (equality), omonoia (unity), dike (justice), and eleutheria (liberty). The discussion panel will include the following military veterans and scholars: Desiree Sanchez, Executive Artistic Director of Aquila Theatre, Kristen L. Rouse, President & Founder of the NYC Veterans Alliance, and Paul Woodruff, Professor of Philosophy (University of Texas at Austin).
American Democracy Event
Audience engagement with themes of equality in a public performance of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
