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As part of Aquila Theatre’s National Endowment for the Humanities multiyear Award for You|Stories, Aquila will explore Sophocles’ ancient play Philoctetes and reimagine it with the title role played as a female combat soldier. Aquila Theatre is a veteran of Greek Classical Theatre and will boldly take on this newest endeavor. Join us as we present, A Female Philoctetes, a staged reading, translated by Peter Meineck and directed and adapted by Desiree Sanchez. Post show talk backs to follow each performance. This event is part of You|Stories – Aquila’s innovative public program funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, which uses ancient drama to inspire modern stories. An interactive You|Stories app and web platform will allow the veteran community and the public to explore these ancient stories and be inspired to tell their own. These new narratives will be archived at the Library of Congress.

Performances will take place at BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217 at 7:00 p.m. from April 16-19. Call 718.636.4100 for tickets or visit http://www.bam.org/theater/2014/a-female-philoctetes