The Madness of Hercules presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of scenes from Euripides’ Madness of Hercules—an ancient Greek tragedy about an unthinkable act of violence committed by an angry man with an invincible weapon—for audiences composed of concerned citizens, activists, students, and survivors of gun violence, in order to generate powerful dialogue between these communities, fostering compassion, understanding, awareness, and positive action.

Co-Sponsored by: Penn State Beaver, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center and The Humanities Institute at The Pennsylvania State University.

Featuring performances by David Denman, Frankie Faison, Taylor Schilling, Jumaane Williams and Nyasha Hatendi.

Translated, and directed, and facilitated by Bryan Doerries

The event Zoom link will be distributed and available to registered attendees starting 2 days prior to the event.

All of Theater of War Productions' events follow the same format:

• The actors will read the play.
• Four 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. During the discussion, please raise your hand using the button at the bottom center of the screen. If called upon, you will 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 when entering the event.

To experience this event:

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