2017-2018 Projects

On Saturday, April 14th, Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad’s CLA 264 Greek & Roman Comedy class traveled to UNC Chapel Hill to perform their plays for the North Carolina Junior Classical League!

The Society of Classical Studies awarded Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad a pedagogy grant to support taking his comedy students to the North Carolina Junior Classical League. Read more about the award here and check out the pictures from the event!

In this scene from Aristophanes’ Clouds, Strepsiades (Fadi Narouz, center left) tries to persuade Socrates (Sam Hartman, far right) and Socrates’ pupil (Greta Davis, center right) to admit his son Pheidippides (Matt McPoyle, far left) into the Thinkery.

In this scene from Plautus’ Casina, Lysidamus (Cydney Meadows, left) dances with Chalinus (Kal Maier, right) disguised as Casina, with whom Lysidamus wants to cheat on his wife.

In this scene from Aristophanes’ Birds, Peisetairos (Emma Szuba, center left) and sidekick Euelpides (Will Bowser, center right) fend off an angry bird (Bennett Coe, far left) as they explain their idea for Cloudcuckooland to Tereus the Hoopoe (Byron Goode, far right).

In this scene from Aristophanes’ Birds, Poseidon (Drew Nash) and Herakles (Will Bowser) approach Cloudcuckooland to make a treaty with Peisetairos.

In this scene from Plautus’ Pseudolus, Calidorus (Sam Robinson, center right) and Pseudolus (Kyle DeCotiis, far right) face off against Ballio (Caroline Spurzem, center left) and a henchman (Billy Pershing, far left).