Rewriting of a Tragedy
Like the long-awaited winds that allowed the Greek fleet to sail for Troy, a local playwright’s career-spanning work of theater will blow, sweep and surge onto the stage this month in a rare world premiere at McLennan Community College (MCC). “The Song of Iphigenia,” written by 20-year MCC English professor Nick Webb, is the culmination of a five-year writing process and a love of Greek tragedy that began during his college years in the late 1980s and ‘90s. Adapted from “The Oresteia,” a trilogy of ancient Greek tragedies by Aeschylus, the play confronts ethical dilemmas and societal change, reflecting challenges that remain strikingly relevant today.
