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Personal Loss and Its Impact
- Bryan Doerries's girlfriend, Laura, died from cystic fibrosis when he was young.
- This experience, coupled with people's reluctance to discuss death, deeply influenced his work with Theater of War.
Ancient Stories as Technology
- Ancient stories, especially Greek tragedies, are a technology for processing collective suffering.
- These stories create a space for communalizing trauma and finding shared experiences.
Blindness and Control in Oedipus and the Pandemic
- A citizen viewer connects the "blindness" in Oedipus Rex to the uncertainty and lack of control during the pandemic.
- They emphasize the importance of fighting against this feeling of blindness to regain control.