An afternoon of performance and exploration of the theatrical impulse in Classical art, juxtaposing ancient Greek theater and the visual arts.

Imagery depicted and created by ancient Greek artists fills the gap in our knowledge and understanding of performing arts and the visualization of drama on stage in antiquity. Ancient tragic and comic poets presented their plays to compete in an annual celebration of the cult of the god Dionysos in Athens. Since the mid-6th century BC, these plays continued to be staged from mainland Greece and to the Greek colonies in southern Italy and Sicily. As living representations, modern performance and reading of Greek tragedy, comedy, and epic bring to life the iconography of dramatic and theatrical scenes in classical Greek art.