Team DramaturgOct 5, 201921 min readWho was DuSable?: ChecagouJean Baptiste Point DuSable, the first non-native permanent settler of what is now Chicago, is a man shrouded in mystery. For every fact...
Team DramaturgOct 5, 20193 min readWho was DuSable?: Black MetropolisJean Baptiste Point DuSable, the first non-native permanent settler of what is now Chicago, is a man shrouded in mystery. For every fact...
Team DramaturgOct 5, 20191 min read A Complete Accounting of All Prophecies Delivered by the Oracle of Delphi Concerning the Fate of OeOracle #1: Recipient: Laius Time of Delivery: Unspecified, before the piercing of baby Oedipus’ ankles Content: “If you have a son with...
Team DramaturgOct 5, 20194 min readLaius The reign of Laius was, by all accounts, relatively peaceful. He married Jocasta, daughter of Menoeceus (who was himself perhaps a child...
Team DramaturgOct 5, 20194 min readThe Daughters of Cadmus: Agave and Pentheus The Short Version: Oedipus’ (and potentially Jocasta’s) ancestor is ritually dismembered on Mount Cithaeron by a group of women that...
