Sophocles' Elektra with Marisa Tomei, Kathleen Chalfant and David Strathairn

Event Details
A specially staged reading of Sophocles’ Elektra, an ancient classic text with great contemporary relevance. Conceived and directed by Lawrence Sacharow, translated by Anne Carson, featuring Marisa Tomei (Electra), Kathleen Chalfant (Clytemnestra), David Strathairn (Paedagogus), Laila Robins, (the Chorus), and Heather Tom (Chrysothemis). A forum, Democracy: Ancient Greece and Modern America (The Gods of Violence and Compassion), will follow the reading, with a discussion on violence, retribution and compassion with Robert Thurman (President of Tibet House) and the cast. Presented as part of the Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas, a citywide cultural festival designed to inspire, instigate, and support civic engagement through the arts, taking place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 2. www.imagine04.org