Aquila Theatre's Warrior Chorus: American Democracy will build upon Aquila Theatre’s extensive experience in implementing innovative and award-winning humanities-based public programming to bring the veteran community and the public together in deep discussions inspired by classical texts.

Led by veterans and assisted by scholars and artists both inside and outside of the veteran community, this program will explore significant themes that investigate the connections between classical literature and contemporary America as they relate to the issues affecting the veteran community and the broader American public.

For 2022 the program is based around concepts of democracy ancient and modern and is divided into four thematic units:

Isegoria - Equality

Diké - Justice

Omonoia - Unity

Eleutheria - Liberty

Veterans, scholars and artists in Florida, New York and Texas will read ancient Greek plays (Aeschylus, Sophocles &Euripides) and American historical texts (DeToqueville, Douglass, Lazarus & King) to frame discussion on these themes, and develop public programming. This content will then join Aquila’s 2022 national tour across America, accompanying The Great Gatsby, Macbeth and Antigone engaging Americans from sea to shining sea.