Tiresias - an excerpt from Oedipus Rex - presented by Theater of War Productions with actors: Ato Blankson-Wood and NYC Public Advocate, Jumaane Williams
In this offering to the Ancestral Institute, Theater of War Productions presented acclaimed actors performing a live scene from Sophocles’ 2,500-year-old play “Oedipus the King” to help frame a powerful discussion about timeless themes, such as arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, inter-generational trauma, and the human capacity for denial.
The scene will feature the blind-seer Tiresias, an ancient Greek shaman, who gained the gift of prophecy after transitioning gender. In the scene, Tiresias faces off with an arrogant king (Oedipus), who publicly dismisses his gifts and ignores his prophecy about the source of a plague that is ravaging the archaic city of Thebes. Following the scene, AI-23 community panelists offer their immediate gut responses to the scene, and the session will culminate in a guided audience discussion about how the myth of Tiresias resonates across time and culture with Institute members today.

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