The Suppliants Project: Ukraine
Live readings of Aeschylus' The Suppliants to help frame powerful, global discussions about the War in Ukraine.
The Suppliants Project: Ukraine presents live, dramatic readings of Aeschylus’ play The Suppliants on Zoom—featuring professional actors and a chorus of Ukrainian citizens—to help frame global discussions about the War in Ukraine and the unique challenges now faced by the people of Ukraine and those who support them. Using a 2,500-year-old text as catalyst for a powerful, international discussion, The Suppliants Project: Ukraine will amplify and humanize the voices and perspectives of Ukrainian citizens, refugees, soldiers, immigrants, politicians, activists, and artists who will participate in the performance and discussion on their personal devices on Zoom from locations within Ukraine and in neighboring countries.
The Suppliants is an ancient Greek play about a group of refugees who seek asylum in the city of Argos from forced marriage and violence. The play not only depicts the struggle of these refugees to cross a border into safety, but also the internal struggle within the country that ultimately receives them, as its citizens wrestle with how best to address the crisis at their border and whether to go to war on behalf of the refugees seeking their protection.
Featuring performances by Oscar Isaac (Star Wars), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man), David Strathairn (Nomadland), Kira Meshcherska (The City Was There, Amo, Track), Dmytro Zaleskyi (Doctor, Psychiatrist, Analyst, Head of the Mobile Medical Center, Ukrainian Territorial Defense), Lyudmila Yankina (Human Rights Defender, Humanitarian Volunteer, ZMINA Human Rights Center, Ukraine), Olena Martynenko (Communication Manager, Good Bread bakery, Kyiv), Tatiana Tolpezhnikov, (PhD in Economics, Refugee from Mariupol, Ukraine) and Roman Tolpezhnikov (Associate Professor & Dean, Mariupol State University, Refugee from Mariupol, Ukraine).
The event will be captioned in English in Zoom. For Ukrainian captions during the play in a separate window click: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=TheSuppliants_Ukrainian&language=uk
Audio interpretation in Ukrainian and English will be available for the duration of the discussion by clicking the globe button at the bottom of your screen.
Субтитри події маються англійською мовою в Zoom.
Щоб переглянути українські субтитри під час театральної події в окремому вікні Zoom, натисніть: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=TheSuppliants_Ukrainian&language=uk
Аудіопереклад українською та англійською мовами буде доступний під час обговорення, натиснувши кнопку глобуса внизу екрана.The event will be co-facilitated by Bryan Doerries and Oksana Yakushko.
Support for our digital programming is provided, in part, by the Mellon Foundation.
The Suppliants Project will take place on Zoom Webinar and can be accessed on personal devices. The event Zoom link will be distributed via email and available to registered attendees starting 2 days prior to the event.
All of Theater of War Productions' events follow the same format:
- The performers will read the text.
- Community panelists will kick off the discussion with their gut responses to what resonated with them across time
- We will open the discussion to the audience, facilitated by Bryan Doerries and Oksana Yakushko. During the discussion, please raise your hand using the button at the bottom center of the screen. If called upon, please accept the invitation to be promoted to speak and you will be visible and heard by the entire audience for the duration of your comments. If you would prefer not to be seen, please disable your video.
Live readings of Aeschylus' The Suppliants to help frame powerful, global discussions about the War in Ukraine.
The Suppliants Project: Ukraine presents live, dramatic readings of Aeschylus’ play The Suppliants on Zoom—featuring professional actors and a chorus of Ukrainian citizens—to help frame global discussions about the War in Ukraine and the unique challenges now faced by the people of Ukraine and those who support them. Using a 2,500-year-old text as catalyst for a powerful, international discussion, The Suppliants Project: Ukraine will amplify and humanize the voices and perspectives of Ukrainian citizens, refugees, soldiers, immigrants, politicians, activists, and artists who will participate in the performance and discussion on their personal devices on Zoom from locations within Ukraine and in neighboring countries.
The Suppliants is an ancient Greek play about a group of refugees who seek asylum in the city of Argos from forced marriage and violence. The play not only depicts the struggle of these refugees to cross a border into safety, but also the internal struggle within the country that ultimately receives them, as its citizens wrestle with how best to address the crisis at their border and whether to go to war on behalf of the refugees seeking their protection.
Featuring performances by Oscar Isaac (Star Wars), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man), David Strathairn (Nomadland), Kira Meshcherska (The City Was There, Amo, Track), Dmytro Zaleskyi (Doctor, Psychiatrist, Analyst, Head of the Mobile Medical Center, Ukrainian Territorial Defense), Lyudmila Yankina (Human Rights Defender, Humanitarian Volunteer, ZMINA Human Rights Center, Ukraine), Olena Martynenko (Communication Manager, Good Bread bakery, Kyiv), Tatiana Tolpezhnikov, (PhD in Economics, Refugee from Mariupol, Ukraine) and Roman Tolpezhnikov (Associate Professor & Dean, Mariupol State University, Refugee from Mariupol, Ukraine).
The event will be captioned in English in Zoom. For Ukrainian captions during the play in a separate window click: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=TheSuppliants_Ukrainian&language=uk
Audio interpretation in Ukrainian and English will be available for the duration of the discussion by clicking the globe button at the bottom of your screen.
Субтитри події маються англійською мовою в Zoom.
Щоб переглянути українські субтитри під час театральної події в окремому вікні Zoom, натисніть: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=TheSuppliants_Ukrainian&language=uk
Аудіопереклад українською та англійською мовами буде доступний під час обговорення, натиснувши кнопку глобуса внизу екрана.The event will be co-facilitated by Bryan Doerries and Oksana Yakushko.
Support for our digital programming is provided, in part, by the Mellon Foundation.
The Suppliants Project will take place on Zoom Webinar and can be accessed on personal devices. The event Zoom link will be distributed via email and available to registered attendees starting 2 days prior to the event.
All of Theater of War Productions' events follow the same format:
- The performers will read the text.
- Community panelists will kick off the discussion with their gut responses to what resonated with them across time
- We will open the discussion to the audience, facilitated by Bryan Doerries and Oksana Yakushko. During the discussion, please raise your hand using the button at the bottom center of the screen. If called upon, please accept the invitation to be promoted to speak and you will be visible and heard by the entire audience for the duration of your comments. If you would prefer not to be seen, please disable your video.