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April 13, 2009
A dramatic reading of scenes from Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes for an audience of New York City combat veterans and those who support them at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, featuring David Strathairn, Elizabeth Marvel and Bill Camp, as well as former Marine Adam Driver. The performance will be followed by a town hall meeting on the challenges faced by veterans returning from war.
April 2, 2009
Readings from Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes for military medical students and faculty at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, featuring: Adam Driver, Michael Ealy, David Strathairn, and Lili Taylor.
November 19, 2008
A dramatic reading of scenes from Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes for for several hundred military leaders, featuring: Bill Camp, Adam Driver, Paul Giamatti, and Elizabeth Marvel followed by a panel discussion with: CAPT William P. Nash, MC, USN (Retired), LtCol Jay Kopelman, USMC (Retired) and Marshele Waddell.
October 24, 2008
A dramatic reading of scenes from Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes for an audience of homeless veterans at the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence in Long Island City, featuring Jay O. Sanders, Elizabeth Marvel and Bill Camp, and Adam Driver, followed by an audience discussion.
September 16, 2008
A dramatic reading of scenes from Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes for an audience of combat veterans and civilians at The Juliiard School, featuring David Strathairn, Elizabeth Marvel and Bill Camp, as well as former Marine Adam Driver. The performance was followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Jonathan Shay, Jason Forrester, and Ray Kimball.
August 13, 2008
A dramatic reading of scenes from Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes for several hundred military leaders and combat trauma specialists at the USMC Combat Operational Stress Control Conference, featuring: Bill Camp, Jesse Eisenberg, David Strathairn, and Heather Raffo, followed by a panel discussion with: CAPT William P. Nash, MC, USN (Retired), LtCol Jay Kopelman, USMC (Retired) and Marshele Waddell.
March 22, 2008
A dramatic reading at Bard College's Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, featuring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Eisenberg, John Schmerling, and Adam Ludwig, followed by a panel discussion with: Norman Austin, Daniel Mendelsohn, Alice Quinn, and Jonathan Shay. Moderated by Professor William Mullen.
December 8, 2007
Staged reading at The Philoctetes Center, featuring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Eisenberg, and Adam Ludwig, followed by roundtable discussion about Doctor/Patient Relationships.
June 6, 2007
Staged reading for doctors at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, featuring David Strathairn, Jesse Eisenberg, Dudley Knight, and John Schmerling. Post discussion facilitated by Dr. Lyuba Konopasek.
February 15, 2006
Staged reading for medical school students and doctors at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, featuring Donnetta Grays, Steve Harper, and Michael Matthis.
October 9, 2006
Staged reading at The Culture Project’s Impact Festival, featuring Donnetta Grays,
Steve Harper, and Michael Matthis, with sound design by Bil Bowen.
May 23, 2005
Staged reading directed by Anne Bogart with the SITI Company.
Director
Bryan Doerries is a New York based writer and director. Over the past decade, he has directed many of his own translations of Greek and Roman plays at theaters and universities across America. Recent theatrical projects include: The Bacchae of Euripides; Sophocles’ Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Bloodhounds, and Philoctetes; Seneca’s Phaedra and Octavia; and Virgil’s Aeneid, Book IV. He has a B.A. in Classics from Kenyon College and an M.F.A. in Directing from the University of California, Irvine.
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