Department of Theatre Arts Presents

ANTIGONE

By Sophocles

Translated by Richard Emil Braun

Sophocles’ ANTIGONE is the story of a young woman who brings an entire empire to its knees because she does what she believes is right – she buries her brother’s body despite his dishonorable death. This simple choice to cover a body with earth is an act of great rebellion and defiance against her uncle and new king Kreon, who demands loyalty under pain of death. In this contemporary staging of the play’s inexorably tragic action featuring live taiko drumming, expressive dance, and innovative design, we see the tension between loyalty to family and the gods pitted against loyalty to the state with fatal consequences to reveal a cautionary tale against unchecked power that feels as relevant today as it did in its original context.

Tickets: $11 General; $7 Puget Sound students/faculty/staff, sr. citizens, military

Tickets sold at Wheelock Information Center, 253.879.6013, and online at tickets.pugetsound.edu. Remaining tickets available at the door.

Performances:

October 26 – 27, 2018 | 7:30 p.m.

November 1 – 2, 2018 | 7:30 p.m.

November 3, 2018 | 2 + 7:30 p.m.

DIRECTION | Jess K Smith ‘05

SCENIC DESIGN | Kurt Walls

COSTUME DESIGN | Mishka Navarre

LIGHTING DESIGN | Patty Mathieu

CHOREOGRAPHY | Alyza DelPan-Monley

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