Antigone and Democracy

A live reading of scenes from Sophocle’s Antigone followed by a public discussion by Aquila Theatre’s Warrior Chorus veteran’s program on the meaning of democracy then and now.

INTRODUCTION
Peter Meineck
Associate Professor of Classics in the Modern World
NYU

STAGED READING FROM SOPHOCLES’ “ANTIGONE”
Members of The Warrior Chorus

DISCUSSION
Kristen L. Rouse
President & Founder
NYC Veterans Alliance

Desiree Sanchez
Executive Artistic Director
Aquila Theatre

Paul Woodruff
Professor of Philosophy
University of Texas at Austin