The Persians

People's Light

2008

$110,000

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Melanye Finister in The Persians. Photo by Mark Garvin.

People's Light produced the Philadelphia premiere of The Persians, Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, with original music by sound designer Daniel Kluger. A tale of war and national grief, this production reinterprets the classic play that tells the story of the Athenian defeat of the powerful Persian Empire in 480 BC.

Recipients

People's Light

Performance

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Megan Bridge

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Catherine Wood

Catherine Wood is curator of international art and performance at Tate Modern.

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News

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Faith Project/The Door Performances

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Daniel Fishkin

Daniel Fishkin is a composer, sound artist, and instrument builder whose work is informed by his personal experiences with tinnitus.

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Fail Better

Nichole Canuso Dance Company engaged in an exploratory project with a team of collaborators to develop a multidisciplinary dance-theater work inspired by Samuel Beckett's play Act Without Words I.

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Advancement Grant: Opera Philadelphia (2016)

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Maria Hassabi on Dancing in Museum Spaces

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News

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Questions of Practice

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Kate Valk

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Grants & Grantees

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Susan Stockton

Susan Stockton recently retired as the president of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, a position she held since September of 2003. She is currently studying creative writing at Oxford University. Stockton served as a 2015 Performance LOI panelist.

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