Inspired by Sophocles’ “Philoctetes,” Aleshea Harris uses poetic language, songs and symbolism to explore the trauma of being alive, especially for Black people.Inspired by Sophocles’ “Philoctetes,” Aleshea Harris uses poetic language, songs and symbolism to explore the trauma of being alive, especially for Black people.Read MoreBlack People, Race and Ethnicity, Theater, Women and Girls, Funerals and Memorials, New York Theater Workshop, Harris, Aleshea, White, Whitney, Kelly, Raja Feather, On Sugarland (Play)
