One of only seven surviving plays by the “Father of Tragedy,” Aeschylus’ The Persians is a cautionary tale pondering the perils of unbridled pride and overreaching power. A veteran of the war between the Athenians and the Persians, Aeschylus dramatized the conflict by writing from the viewpoint of his former enemy, the vanquished Persians. Evoking sorrow for the once-powerful Persia, Aeschylus depicts the collapse of an empire felled by greed and arrogance.
“Triumphant! Ethan McSweeny packs plenty of spectacle in both the show’s physical aspects and the forthright potency of Aeschylus’ descriptions of the carnage of war; they contain a harrowing beauty that grips the senses.”
–Jayne Blanchard, The Washington Times
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COUNSELORS
Don Mayo*
Chairman
John Livingstone Rolle*
Interior
David Sabin*
Navy
Emery Battis*
Justice
John Seidman*
Religion
David Emerson Toney*
Army
Floyd King*
Treasury
Ed Dixon*
State
Helen Carey*
Atossa
Scott Parkinson*
Herald
Ted van Griethuysen*
Darius
Erin Gann*
Xerxes
Dacyl Acevedo, Jordan Coughtry, Blake Ellis, Stephen Graybill, Nicholas Urda, Ryan Young
Ensemble
MUSICIANS
Scott Robinson, Orlando Cotto
Percussionists
Caroline Kang
Cellist
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Ethan McSweeny
Director
James Noone
Set Designer
Jess Goldstein
Costume Designer
Kevin Adams
Lighting Designer
Michael Roth
Composer, Musical Director, Sound Score
Michael Clark
Projection Designer
Marcela Lorca
Choreographer
Ellen O’Brien
Residence Voice and Text Consultant
Stephen Fried
Resident Assistant Director
Paul Takacs
Directorial Assistant
Akiva Fox
Literary Associate
William Shiner*
Stage Manager
Rebecca Berlin*
Assistant Stage Manager
Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter, Paul Hardt
Casting
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