Bryan Doerries

BRYAN DOERRIES is a New York-based writer, translator, director, and educator. He is the founder of Theater of War Productions, a project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays across the United States and internationally. The company uses dramatic readings of seminal plays and community conversations to confront topics such as combat-related psychological injury, end-of-life care, police and community relations, prison reform, gun violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, the refugee...See more

BRYAN DOERRIES is a New York-based writer, translator, director, and educator. He is the founder of Theater of War Productions, a project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays across the United States and internationally. The company uses dramatic readings of seminal plays and community conversations to confront topics such as combat-related psychological injury, end-of-life care, police and community relations, prison reform, gun violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, the refugee crisis, and addiction. He is a self-described evangelist for classical literature and its relevance to our lives today. He is the author of a memoir , The Theater of War What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today ; All That You've Seen Here Is God , four plays by Aeschylus and Sophocles; and The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan , a graphic novelization of Homer's Odyssey , told from the point of view of a US marine returning home from Afghanistan. See less