Greek Actor Simonides Stages Plato's
The Apology of Socrates

A theatrical performance of Plato’s The Apology of Socrates starring award-winning actor Yannis Simonides will be staged at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27, in Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave. 

“Simonides is amazing in creating, for a modern audience, the drama of a philosopher who was condemned to death for his beliefs and who forces us all to think about the meaning of life,” said Andrew Horton, director of the Film and Video Studies program, a unit of the University of Oklahoma’s College of Arts and Sciences. 

Hailing from Greece, Simonides is a Yale Drama School-trained actor/writer and Emmy-winning documentary producer.  He currently is writing a script based on the life and times of the Alexandrine poet C.P. Cavafy. 

The one-man performance will include a percussion accompaniment by Caryn Heilman and costumes by Academy Award winner Theoni Aldredge and will last approximately one hour and 20 minutes with no intermission.  The event is free and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis. 

The performance is sponsored by the OU’s College of Arts and Sciences and its Film and Video Studies Program; College of Continuing Education; College of Liberal Studies; Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts and its Department of Drama; and Union Programming Board. 

 For more information and accommodation for the basis of disability, contact the Film and Video Studies office at (405) 325-3020 or fvs@ou.edu.