PICT stages 'Oedipus Rex' with a mostly African-American cast
Most of us know something of Oedipus, who fulfills a prophecy by unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother. Sophocles' cautionary tale about hubris and destiny in ancient Greece inspired Freud and has been told and retold for 2,500 years. Alan Stanford co-wrote a version for Dubliners 20 years ago, but for PICT Classic Theatre, the company's leader and director decided to start again from scratch, this t…