Hellas at The Broadwater

Spanning decades, and viewed over a single day, the birth of western civilization and democracy takes form in the Greek epic, Hellas. Never before seen on stage, this sweeping, visceral production with a cast of twenty-three, is set in early fifth-century B.C. when a tiny, backward and disunited region faced invasion by the mightiest empire the world had ever known ... and triumphed. The story is vast, split into two parts of compelling entertainment while encompassing the evolution of societal structures, revenge and unlikely alliances, along with an emerging system of justice. Hellas is a marathon theatrical epic, presented as in ancient Greece, depicting the story over a single day. Weekend performances offer the complete saga with (with three intermissions), while Friday night performances offer viewing choices of Part I or Part II on alternating weeks. This is a tale of the invention of theatre itself by a firsthand witness and participant, the Athenian playwright Aeschylus.