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The Oedipus Project
The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, healing online conversations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon diverse communities throughout the world. Sophocles’ ancient play, written and performed in 429 BC during the time of a plague that killed one-third of the Athenian population, is a timeless story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, and a pestilence that ravages the city of Thebes. At the time the play was first performed, the audience would have been reeling in the wake of a pestilence and its economic, political, and social aftermath. Seen through this lens Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful public health tool for helping Athenians communalize the trauma of the plague, through a story that is as relevant now as it was in its own time.
Featured Crew
Cast
![Oscar Isaac](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//dW5U5yrIIPmMjRThR9KT2xH6nTz.jpg)
![Frances McDormand](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//r0A7hZsM1zuavTr0jN7bwmBcliR.jpg)
![John Turturro](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//63zA58rSyJxBMLBdgeMjjETmpDQ.jpg)
![Jeffrey Wright](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//yGcuHGW4glqRpOPxgiCvjcren7F.jpg)
![Frankie Faison](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//3717JOXK2Z8qelfyvScDGimfFBf.jpg)