Ajax
by Sophocles, adapted by Robert Auletta

A modern adaptation of AJAX set at the Pentagon with corrupt, power-mad generals who censor information and revel in blood.

"Sophocles's AJAX has been adapted by Robert Auletta into a contemporary American play set in front of the Pentagon after the triumphant conclusion of a major Latin American war from which the United States has emerged victorious.

This is a world where shame is worse than death.

Ajax dies like a samurai on his sword and the Greek generals gather to dishonor his body.

Odysseus talks them out of it.

The man was a hero after all."

—Dan Sullivan, Los Angeles Times