Contemporary director Will Power staged a hip-hop production of Seven Against Thebes at New York Theatre Workshop in 2006. He confessed having more trouble casting the chorus than the main characters because they had so much work to do in the performance, including singing, dancing, acting several roles, and communicating the story to the audience. His chorus members played many roles which "gave them a sense of individual identity within the wider group and helped created a 'conversation' within the chorus so that they could display an assortment of reactions and emotions to the events of the play" (Meineck 381 "'The thorniest problem and the greatest opportunity': Directors on directing the Greek chorus" in Choral Mediations in Greek Tragedy 2013).
Chorus members represent shifting perspectives throughout the play and often come into conflict with each other and the main characters. This is especially important if the chorus stands in for the audience, a heterogenous gathering of people who bring various thoughts and feelings with them into the theatre.
For more on acting in a Greek chorus, see Acting In Person and In Style, available at Pitt's library, and How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today.
For more on acting in a Greek chorus, see Acting In Person and In Style, available at Pitt's library, and How to Stage Greek Tragedy Today.