The Aquila Theatre has an applied theatre program called Our Warrior Chorus. They use ancient literature to build dialogue regarding the veteran experience, war and service. They create and share art that includes modern stories attached by the collective experience of classical … Continue reading
Upon going to Our Trojan War, I had absolutely no idea what the show was about. After receiving a program for the show upon arrival, I was curious to see how the synopsis would play out. I found it fascinating … Continue reading
Our Trojan War, is a play about American soldiers who come across various ancient texts while searching a home in the Middle East. They come across texts like The Odyssey and The Iliad, which they reenact throughout the play. The … Continue reading
Our Trojan War is a show that through the ancient Greek society finding modern society question—what is the democracy, “What is our Trojan War Today? What enemy must we fight to preserve our freedoms?” Democracy as the theme run through … Continue reading
My Reaction to “Our Trojan War” was first its starts out great with the actors moments walking slow appearing one after another, which shocked me making it feel like how many characters are in the play together. Then, its started … Continue reading
Our Trojan War was a very ambitious, intense and a little confusing. This show mixed Greek classic tragedy with modern war stories. To be honest, it was hard for me to keep up with everything happening on that stage. The … Continue reading
Last week we were forced against our will asked to watch the performance of “Our Trojan War” performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and, while mine is almost a week late, were then requested to create a blog post about … Continue reading
The play, “Our Trojan War”, began uniquely with a group of US soldiers searching through a home of Muslims, the prisoners of Troy. This scene started off intensely with yelling and many items being thrown around. Before seeing the play, … Continue reading
The show our Trojan war was a unique show that combined both the ancient Greek and modern society. Unfortunately I was late a bit for the play, so I didn’t get to see the beginning of the play. Based on … Continue reading
Our Trojan War is a play that questions democracy from a war point of view. Greek mythology was a big theme is this play. There were many characters used in Our Trojan War from Greek mythology stories. I felt like … Continue reading