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Saturday Oct. 27, 2007 at 7:30 PM

The Congregational Church of Patchogue in cooperation with the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts presents:

The Apology of Socrates

A FREE performance presented at the Congregational Church of Patchogue, 95 East Main St. (just east of the theatre).

Socrates isn't sorry about anything! That's because, in Greek, "apology" means "defense." This theatrical, solo performance by the Emmy Award winner Yannis Simonides is a delightful and quite humorous dramatization of the famous philosopher's defense while on trial for his life hi Athens. Why should people on Long Island in 2007 care what some obscure Greek philosopher had to say to save his neck hi a trial with 501 jurors that took place about 400 years before the birth of Christ?

•   Religious persons might be interested in the philosophical discourse that took place in multi-ethnic, ancient Athens at a time when Greek gods, Hebrew patriarchs and, eventually, persons such as the apostle Paul vied for dominance of their world-view in one of the world's great cities of the time.

•   Political persons might be interested in the perspective presented in a court of law in a civilization that is credited in creating democracy.

•   Theatrical persons might be interested in seeing the amazing talent of Mr. Simonides, as well as superb direction by the Broadway and television veteran Loukas Skipitaris; set design by the Oscar and Tony award winner Theoni Vahliotis Aldredge; and percussive support provided by Paul Taylor veteran dancer-musician, Caryn Heilman.

The Apology premiered in New York in 2003, and has been performed at the United Nations, Columbia University, the Athens Agora, the NEC Today Show, and in theaters, schools, universities, libraries, and festivals across the United States, Greece, Turkey, and England (where it recently completed a triumphant tour of Oxford, Cambridge, and Edinburgh Universities). Tours in the United States, Canada, Russia, Japan; and Uruguay, and an Off Broadway debut are scheduled for 2008.

This performance is sponsored in part by the Suffolk County Legislature, with thanks to County Legislator Jack Eddington.