Auditions for:
Sophocles'
"Antigone"
Tuesday, February 5th
4 and 6 PM
Red Lodge HIgh School
We will be reading from the script. Everyone is invited.
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Scripts, scenes, and monologues are available @:
The Red Lodge Public & High School Libraries,
Frankie Cansler's and Libby Johnson's classrooms,
and from Travis Burdick.
All roles are open. We are looking for:
actors, musicians, a stage manager,
artists for costumes, props, & lights, etc.
Rehearsals begin immediately and performances are scheduled for
March 14th, 15, & 16th.
For more information contact Jeanne Thomas @ (406) 446-1723 or (415) 242-1962 cell
This production is made possible in part by a generous grant from
The Sidney Frank Foundation
Sophocles'
Antigone
Wisdom and folly, leadership and pride, love and sacrifice, loyalty and betrayal, conflicts between
parents and children; these are all major themes in the classic tragedy of Antigone.
Written by the Greek playwright Sophocles over 2,400 years ago, Antigone was performed for the
first time in March 441 BC at the Festival of Dionysus. The play has been produced almost
continuously since then. People of all ages and cultures continue to find its problems both relevant
and fascinating.
Plot Summary
This play deals with three royal teenagers, Antigone, Ismene and Haemon, and their
confrontations with King Creon of Thebes. Antigone and Ismene are daughters of the banished
King Oedipus. Haemon is Creonʼs son and engaged to Antigone.
Creon was just recently made king by the deaths of Antigoneʼs and Ismeneʼs brothers. Antigone
rebels against King Creonʼs edict forbidding the burial of one brother while awarding the other full
burial with military and religious honors. She urges her sister Ismene to help bury their shamed
brother against the edict of the King. To do so means death by stoning. Ismene urges caution but
Antigone is committed to burying her brother even though it means she will die.
Creon is faced with trying to rule wisely and to maintain control in a time of great chaos for his
country. The blind seer, Teiresias, warns him of the terrible consequences of his actions. Finally
trapped by laws of his own making, Creon suffers the tragic loss of all he holds dear.
Characters
Antigone: !!
Daughter of Oedipus, niece of King Creon, engaged to Haemon
Ismene:
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Sister of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, niece of King Creon
Creon:
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King of Thebes, Antigone & Ismeneʼs uncle, Haemonʼs father
Haemon: ! !
Engaged to Antigone, son of Creon & Eurydice,
Teiresias: !!
Ancient blind seer & prophet
The Guard: !
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Reports the unlawful burial of Antigone's brother and brings her
before the King (this major character is potentially comic)
The Messenger: Reports the awful death of Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice (this
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major character is the climax of the action)
The Chorus: !
Elders of Thebes, comment throughout the play on all the action