Ghost Road’s adaptation of The Oresteia was presented in its entirety in Spring 2009. A trilogy more than 10 years in the making and inspired in part by The Oresteia, this highly theatrical, multi-media piece explores the intimate lives of one powerful family and their ill-fated decisions born out of vengeance for past wrongs. The […]

Orestes, after murdering his mother, Clytemnestra, in revenge for the murder of his father Agamemnon, is tormented by his actions. This torment comes in the form of the three furies; old family friends and confidantes of Clytemnestra. The furies dredge up old photo albums and family stories in order to pour salt in the wound […]

Elektra, an ensemble devised adaptation of The Libation Bearers, revolves around the dynamics of family and power and how memory can be used as both a way to comfort and to control. Set against the backdrop of the home front after a war abroad, the piece combines songs, text and imagery to explore both the […]

In 2006, Ghost Road was one of the organizers of the Los Angeles participation in Suzan-Lori Parks’ groundbreaking 365 Days/365 Plays project. Suzan-Lori Parks decided one afternoon in 2002 that she would write a play a day for a year. Four years later those plays were presented in what may be the largest and most […]