The first plays were performed in the Theatre of Dionysus ... according to three different types or genres: comedy, tragedy and satyr plays.

Shannon Murphy wants to change the conversation around death. "I've been obsessed with death from such a young age and in many ways it's this great adventure that we will all go on," says the ...

His career has spanned regional and Off-Broadway theatre, film, and television, but Unbecoming Tragedy marks a homecoming. A nationally recognized artist, Riggins is also a New Haven resident ...

(Philip Potempa/provided) “Of the 2,200 people on the Titanic, only 705 people survived the tragedy as the Carpathia ... Leslie’s one-woman play at Theatre at the Center includes a stage ...

A frank and memorable monologue, Wasps shows us a young woman facing tragedy with courage and wisdom, writes Joyce McMillan ...

Two concurrent London productions of Oedipus might seem like overkill, but they actually worked to demonstrate the versatility of the tragic form.