Synopsis: An adaptation of the first play in the Orestia trilogy by Aeschylus. Agamemnon —the play on which Agamemnon-Re is based—- begins with the homecoming of the Greek king of that name. After years of bloody conflict, he returns victorious to his home in Greece. The chorus (citizens of his city) awaits his return with joy, but his wife, Clytemnestra, does not. She seeks revenge against her husband for his murder of their child Iphegeneia as a sacrificial offering to the gods. She lures him and his unwilling mistress into the palace and stabs them to death.
Agamemenon-Re, it’s contemporized adaptation follows the story of Agamemnon’s return home after the Trojan war and subsequent murder by his wife, Clytemnestra from the perspective of a chorus of embedded journalists, lead by vetran journalist, Rosy Fingered Dawn. As the play progresses, the chorus becomes increasingly invested in the story, as journalists do. By the end of the play, the embedded choristers are just as invested in the story as the protagonists are and the audience is challenged to confront the emotional interconnectedness of all people during times of war.
