Bryan Doerries

Bryan Doerries is a Brooklyn-based writer, director, and translator. A self-described evangelist for classical literature and its relevance to our lives today, Doerries uses age-old approaches to help individuals and communities heal from trauma and loss. He is the founder of Theater of War, a project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays to service members, veterans, caregivers, and families to help them initiate conversations about the visible and invisible wounds of war. Doerries is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of Outside the Wire, a social impact company that uses theater and a variety of other media to address pressing public health and social issues. He is the author of The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach us Today, All That You’ve Seen Here is God: New Versions of Four Greek Tragedies, and The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan, an adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey as told by an infantry Marine to his squad. Doerries lectures on his work at cultural venues throughout the world and in recent years has taught courses at Princeton University, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and the Bard Prison Initiative Parallels between Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes and modern day warfare are brought to light in the production and the keynotes by Bryan Doerries and the speaker exposes audiences to the power that communication through art can have to heal. In 2017, Doerries was named New York's Artist in Residence.