Antigone
BySophocles,translationbyBrendanKennelly
DirectedbyLisaNathans
Auditions:Monday,April3rd from6‐9pm&Tuesday,April4th
from4–7pm intheCafritzFoundationTheatre(Rm.2740)
Callbacks:Saturday,April8th
from10am‐1pmintheMulitz‐GudelskyStudio(Rm.3730)
1st Rehearsal:Monday,August28th,2017
PerformanceDates:Friday,October6th‐Saturday,October14th,2017
Antigoneisthethirdvolumeinwhatissaidtobeoneofthemostdisturbing
Greektragictrilogy’s:OedipustheKing,OedipusatColonus,andAntigone.
Theseplaysfollowthefallofthegreatking,Oedipus,andlaterthetragedies
thathischildrensuffer.Antigone,whichcomeslastchronologically,wasthe
playSophocleswrotefirst,around440B.C.
Antigone,ayoungwomanspeakstruthtopower,firmlyconvincedthatsheis
rightinfollowingthepreceptsofherGods.HerKing,Creon,isfirmly
convincedoftheopposite–hislawshouldbeobeyed.Thestoryescalates
whenKingCreondecidesthatnobodycanburythebodyofthetraitor
Polyneices,Antigone’sbrother.CreonconsequentlysentencesAntigonetoan
atrociousdeath,onlytobeterriblypunishedbytheGodsforhishubris.
Antigoneiselemental,dealingwiththemostbasicandprimordialhuman
themes:honor,loyalty,love,betrayal,andconviction.Kennelly’stranslation
ofthetextistheparadoxof‘whoisrightversuswhoiswrong’…Antigoneor
Creon?Thisproductionwillallowaudiencestocometotheirown
conclusions.
Weanticipatecastingaround20people,includingaGreekChorus