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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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The Cast

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

The Artistic Team

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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