A man in a white suit holds his hands to his chest and looks down.
Kelvin Roston, Jr. by Joe Mazza.

Oedipus Rex is the predecessor to The Gospel at Colonus in the Oedipus Trilogy, and the beginning of the trilogy as a whole. Understanding this seminal, inaugural text serves as a primer to understanding The Gospel at Colonus and the intersecting familial, community, and narrative ties therein.

Oedipus Rex may be a classic "whodunnit" on its surface, but it is most famous for bringing onstage the tangled history of Oedipus and his parentage. The play opens with Thebes in the throes of a plague; the search for the cure to the plague on Thebes turns into the search for the previous king's murderer, and then turns again into the search for Oedipus' own origin, the fateful secret of his birth.

The unexpected twist of the trial into an identity-quest dramatizes the twists and turns that are inherent in Oedipus's own story, the object of discovery. Here is a quick explainer of the Oedipus family tree and the order of events preceding The Gospel at Colonus. One timeline shows the events in their chronological order, and the other represents the order in which they are revealed on stage through the course of the drama.

Family Tree

A family tree depicting the family of Oedipus Rex.
Family Tree Layout by Catherine D'Avenir.

CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE – Oedipus's life

  1. Oedipus' parents receive an oracle concerning their son. Their son is to kill his father and marry his mother.
  2. Oedipus is born to Jocasta and Laius. They bind his ankles and give him to a servant to be exposed on Mount Cithaeron.
  3. The servant, pitying Oedipus, hands him off to a shepherd, who brings the baby to Corinth.
  4. Oedipus is adopted by the Corinthian king and queen, Polybus and Merope, and grows up thinking he is their natural son.
  5. A drunk man insults Oedipus, telling him he is not his (Corinthian) parents' son.
  6. Oedipus goes to Delphi to debunk the drunk man's slander, but instead receives an oracle that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
  7. Oedipus willingly exiles himself from Corinth, thinking this will save him from fulfilling the prophecy.
  8. On his path of exile, Oedipus kills a stranger at a crossroads.
  9. Oedipus comes to Thebes, which is besieged by a Sphinx. He solves her riddle and saves the city.
  10. Oedipus is made king of Thebes and marries the queen, Jocasta.
  11. A plague afflicts Thebes.
  12. Oedipus launches a public inquiry to save the city from the plague.
  13. An oracle says the plague will end when Laius' killer is found and exiled or killed.
  14. Oedipus finds out he is the killer of Laius, and that he is the son of Laius and Jocasta. He blinds himself and begs to be exiled.

OEDIPUS REX TIMELINE – The Order of Discovery

  1. A plague is afflicting Thebes. The people ask Oedipus to help.
  2. We find out from the Chorus that Oedipus became king by freeing the city from the Sphinx.
  3. Creon's message when he returns from the oracle: kill or exile Laius' killer(s) to lift the plague.
  4. Oedipus finds out that Laius was killed while he was on his way to consult an oracle.
  5. The Chorus leader tells Oedipus that Laius was killed by travelers.
  6. Tiresias, who has been called by Oedipus, tells Oedipus that he himself is Laius' killer. Oedipus is offended and suspects a conspiracy. Tiresias also hints about Oedipus' marriage.
  7. Jocasta tells Oedipus that her son was exposed on a mountain, and that Laius was killed by strangers at a place where three roads meet (in order to show that oracles can be incorrect).
  8. Oedipus recounts that his parents are Merope and Polybus of Corinth, but that a drunk man slandered him, and said he was adopted. Oedipus recounts his visit to the oracle at Delphi (intended to prove his parentage), where he received a prophecy that he would couple with his mother and kill his father. This caused him to exile himself from Corinth.
  9. Oedipus recounts killing a man at the triple crossroad near Delphi, and hopes the man wasn't related to Laius.
  10. The Corinthian messenger announces that Oedipus is the new king of Corinth, because Polybus is dead (by natural causes).
  11. The Corinthian messenger tells Oedipus he's not the son of Polybus and Merope. The Corinthian messenger was the one who found Oedipus on Mount Cithaeron, as a crying infant with pierced ankles.
  12. The Corinthian messenger testifies that he received baby Oedipus from a servant of Laius, another shepherd. Jocasta knows the truth, goes offstage, and hangs herself.
  13. The shepherd tells Oedipus that the baby he gave to the Corinthian messenger was the son of Laius and Jocasta, given to him because of a prophecy that he would kill his parents.
  14. Oedipus puts the pieces together (that he has fulfilled the prophecy concerning his birth) and blinds himself.

Ella Wilhelm is a graduate student in Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the idea of the "fall-narrative" in 18th and 19th century German literature and thought. She is also interested in the theory and practice of drama, and was the dramaturg and lead translator for a 2018 production of Heinrich von Kleist's The Broken Jug at the University of Chicago. 

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★★★½ "The note of hope in this play, and it is rightly centered in this unpretentious and POWERFUL PRODUCTION, is that the human spirit is far harder to defeat than the body." -Chicago Tribune

★★★½ "PROFOUNDLY MOVING... Randle-Bent propels the dialogue with a clarity that shines like a knife and an urgency that can’t be denied." -Sun-Times

Reader Recommended "The Island is a RIVETING, philosophically sophisticated play that is a MUST-SEE for fans of meaty theater." -Chicago Reader

John and Winston are political prisoners on South Africa’s infamous Robben Island, spending their days toiling at grueling, futile tasks in the prison’s quarry. At night, they secretly rehearse a two-man version of Antigone and find solace and strength in their burgeoning friendship. The Island is at once a sobering glimpse into the social, physical, and psychological wounds of Apartheid; a lesson in the complex work of liberation; and a testament to the transformative power of theatre.

Associate Artistic Director Gabrielle Randle-Bent makes her solo directorial debut at Court, bringing her vision of resistance and resilience to the stage, featuring actors Ronald L. Conner and Kai A. Ealy.

Download the program here.

Running Time: Approximately 105 minutes

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Photo of Kai A. Ealy and Ronald L. Conner by Michael Brosilow.

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“Whether you’re a monotheist or a polytheist or no theist at all, it will speak to you, and you might answer back, dancing and clapping and lifting your own voice.” -The New York Times

Soulful and stirring, this one-of-a-kind theatrical event breathes new life into the Oedipus myth with a score of powerful gospel music. A bold collaboration from an extraordinary team led by Mark J.P. Hood and Charles Newell, The Gospel at Colonus builds upon the strengths and experiences of its artists to bring this redemptive musical celebration to life on Chicago’s South Side.

Accessible performances:

The Gospel at Colonus is sponsored by The Poetry Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma.

Based on an adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus in the version by Robert Fitzgerald and incorporating passages from both Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Antigone in the versions by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, which are published as The Oedipus Cycle of Sophocles, a Harvest/HBJ Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

Photo of Jessica Brooke Seals, Ariana Burks, Cherise Thomas, Kelvin Roston Jr., Mark Spates Smith, Aeriel Williams, Kai A. Ealy, Juwon Tyrel Perry, and Shari Addison by Joe Mazza.

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"Crazy fun ... superb bits of physical comedy" - Reader

"A talented cast ... TayLar and Williams are just terrific" - Chicago Tribune

"Screwball goofiness, some outright farce and a good comic scare or two" - Sun-Times

"Exceptional cast, stunning set ... galvanic direction ... wildly insane big fun" - WTTW

Mild-mannered sisters Martha and Abby Brewster live in their spacious Victorian home in a quiet neighborhood in Brooklyn with an eccentric nephew, Teddy. Famed for their hospitality, Martha and Abby are adored by their neighbors and frequently entertain guests. But when their other nephew, Mortimer, discovers his aunts’ macabre secrets, a hilarious chain of events ensue in this character-driven farce. Resident Artist Ron OJ Parson directs this beloved American classic, bringing much-needed humor and healing laughter to the stage in Court’s 2022/23 Season opener.

Approximate running time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.

Sponsored by Allstate and Gustavo Bamberger and Martha Van Haitsma.
Ron OJ Parson’s residency is made possible by the Joyce Foundation.

Download a pdf of the program here.

Header photo of Allen Gilmore, Eric Gerard, Celeste Williams, Thomas J. Cox, TayLar, and Emma Jo Boyden by Michael Brosilow.

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FASCINATING; any fan of Churchill's plays will likely feel this is an evening well spent.” -Chicago Tribune ★★★½ "Thanks to a stellar production from Vanessa Stalling, directing a CRAZY-GOOD CAST, this 40-year-old play comes across as STRIKINGLY CONTEMPORARY." -Sun-Times
Reader Recommended "Throughout the play the women sing, sometimes alone but best of all together, creating temporary harmonies, a loveliness seemingly from nothing, breathed, voiced, created, experienced, then gone, a vibration that passes through like a ghost of a HOPE that can’t quite exist in this universe yet somehow does." - Chicago Reader
On the marshy fens of eastern England in the 1980s, ghosts of the past haunt the women who labor as tenant farmers in the potato fields and who lead lives essentially unchanged from their 19th-century forebears. When Val seizes on a new relationship as a path to escape the crushing bonds of work, poverty, and family, she is confronted with the explosive repercussions of her decision. Employing astonishing theatrical imagery, Churchill’s Fen shows with grace and sly humor how the intricate pressures of gender and class both shape and distort the characters of women. Jeff Award-winning director Vanessa Stalling (Photograph 51) returns to Court Theatre to bring her striking clarity and fresh perspective to the path-breaking text that won Churchill the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and cemented her reputation as one of our greatest living playwrights. Download the program here. Running Time: Approximately 90 minutes, presented without intermission Accessible performances: Need a sense of what to expect in this production? Give the Box Office a call at (773) 753-4472 - we love talking about the art.
Sponsored by The Marion M. Lloyd Court Theatre Fund.

Photo of Morgan Lavenstein, Genevieve VenJohnson, Elizabeth Laidlaw, and Lizzie Bourne by Michael Brosilow.

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