Reclaiming Greek Drama for Diverse Audiences

Melinda Powers is a Professor at The City University of New York (CUNY), USA.

This text features the work of Native-American, African-American, Asian-American, Latinx, and LGBTQ theatre artists who engage with social justice issues in several adaptations including Sophocles' Antigone, Euripides' Trojan Women, Hippolytus, Bacchae, Alcestis, and Aristophanes' Frogs.

Introduction - Melinda Powers; 1 Numunu Waiipunu (The Comanche Women) (based on Euripides' Trojan Women) - Terry Gomez; Interview with Terry Gomez - Shane Breaux; 2 The Bacchae (an all-male adaptation of Euripides' Bacchae) - Allain Rochel; Interview with Allain Rochel - Shane Breaux; 2 The Wrath of Aphrodite (based on Euripides' Hippolytus) - Tim O'Leary; Interview with Tim O'Leary - Melinda Powers; 3 Honey I'm Home: The Alcestis Story (based on Euripides' Alcestis); Interview with Lois Weaver - Melinda Powers; 4 Riot Antigone (after Sophocles' Antigone); Interview with Seonjae Kim - Kiara Rolon, Marco Grazide, Nakiah Williams, Vijaya Bandu, and Melinda Powers; 5 Dancing with the Clown of Love (Written, produced and performed by Cultural Odyssey's The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women in collaboration with UC San Francisco's HIV Women's Clinic); Interview with Rhodessa Jones - Melinda Powers; 6 Sapo (Inspired by Aristophanes' The Frogs) by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash; Interview with Richard Montoya - Melinda Powers