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As the lights dim and the music rises to an infectious beat, these same people become members of a church choir. Their voices rise together in praise as they, along with a cast of some of Sacramento's most talented actors and singers, retell the tale of Oedipus' redemption. The Oedipus story, written by Sophocles as a cycle of three plays, is among the finest examples of classical Greek drama ever penned. The story tells the tale of how Oedipus unknowingly kills his father, the King of Thebes, and marries his mother while assuming his father's throne. When he realizes what he has done, he blinds himself by gouging his eyes and is banished from his beloved homeland.