ANTIGONE
By Sophocles
Translated by Richard Emil Braun
DIRECTOR | Jess K Smith
SCENIC DESIGNER | Kurt Walls
COSTUME DESIGNER | Mishka Navarre
LIGHTING DESIGNER | Patty Mathieu
CHOREOGRAPHER | Alyza DelPan-Monley
SET CONSTRUCTION | Robin Macartney
STAGE MANAGEMENT | Bella Faith, Aimee Rowe, Isabella Marziello
SOUND DESIGNER | Castor Kent
PROPS DESIGN | Olivia Burke
TAIKO CONSULTANT | Nick Navin
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR | Hanna Woods
DRAMATURG | Jack Aldisert
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.
Featuring: Alex Miller, Ari Vergen, Avery Steffen, Cat Wright, Clara Nelson Jacobs, Eli Kitchens, Emma Rose Kelly, Eshan Singh, Frankie Gormley, Jordan Calhoun, Julian Aikens-Helford, Lauren Smith, Lucius Johnson, Maximilian Tapogna, Molly McLean, Robbie Diaz, Sabrina Close
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.
Norton Clapp Theatre
University of Puget Sound