by Bryan Dorries
NY Times review by James Shapiro, April 2015
“The theater of ancient Greece was many things: a literary competition; a Dionysian religious rite; a place where citizens gathered to see plays that explored pressing social and political concerns; and through its portrayal of human suffering, a site of collective catharsis.
It is the last of these, especially the therapeutic
potential of catharsis, that most interests Bryan Doerries. Trained as a
classicist and theater director, and scarred by witnessing the suffering and
death of his girlfriend and his father, Doerries sought in these old plays
methods of dealing with unhealed wounds. “The Theater of War” recounts these
and other experiences that led him to found a company that shares its name with
his book. A catalyst for Doerries was the struggles of veterans who had
returned home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
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