An Iliad is returns to ArtsEmerson after six years and we are thrilled to bring this show back to Boston. We’d love to know your thoughts and open up a dialogue about An Iliad. Below, we have some prompts for you to get the conversation started. Feel free to leave a comment on this blog post, or reach out on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. As always, we’ll be collecting reviews and other audience testimonials for…

This war has bellowed throughout history with mythical proportions. A story of forbidden love, unbridled tragedy, and one very large horse, the Trojan War contains so many legends and myths we know today from Greek history. The ten year battle has been the subject of numerous stories, adaptations, and references, from Homer’s The Iliad to the 2004 film Troy, and even the band Atlas Genius’ 2013 single Trojans. It’s clear that the story of Troy…

Denis O’ Hare, the prolific actor-writer-activist, has long been the venerable hyphenate, gracefully wielding the status years before he dazzled us on our televisions and movie screens. In his humble recollection, he was once “actor-waiter, an actor-bartender, an actor-temp, even an actor-gardener,” never shedding the performative quality of his identity, a quality whose genesis can be traced back his organ performance at the Michigan State Fair at the age of eight. Around the same time,…