Wound

"Each one of us must live the life God gives him; It cannot be shirked; but there is no excuse, nor pity, for those who choose to cling to suffering and hardship of their own making, as you would do."

Abandoned by his friends because of his stinking wound, Philoctetes stands for all of us who have been abandoned for our unbearable stench. Whatever our stench was - perhaps a catastrophic grief causing the whiff of death to cling ever about us, or an untold secret that kept us drenched in the odour of shame, we have endured isolation born of others' disgust.

Philoctetes' story tells us we heal only in relationship with others; the compassionate friend who will not turn away but tell us the hard truths we need to hear. Connection is all as we journey to wholeness...music too...and jokes...and hope!

DEVISED NEW WORK

Written by the Company

Directed by Andrea Brooks

East 15 MA Acting Season: The Greeks