In the wake of the power struggle between his late nephews, Creon is left to fill the vacant throne of Thebes and establish order in a nation tainted by its former king's transgressions and ravaged by civil war. As his first act, he decrees that only one of the brothers' bodies may receive a proper burial; the other is left to putrefy out in the open, to be picked apart by animals. Anyone who dares to bury the body will be condemned to death. What Creon does not anticipate is that the person to defy him will be another one of Oedipus' children: his niece, Antigone.
Anouilh finally tells the ancient story of Antigone as it was meant to be told, where lofty ideas and poetry take a backseat to the deeply visceral, human tragedy of people brought to their lowest: "And when the weight of all of heaven is on your back, all you can do is cry out. And I don't mean moan or whine or whimper, I mean really cry out, really heave your guts to heaven."
Cast
Laurel Durning-Hammond - Antigone
Hunter Wolk - Creon
Mitchel Kawash - Prologue
Christopher Bakes - Head Guard
Elias Kleinbock - Haemon
Olivia Scicolone - Ismene
Molly Houlahan - Nurse
Austin Trow - Messenger
Connor Lounsbury - Guard
Ryan Bowers - Guard
Kate Heaney - Page
Helen Morris - Eurydice
Production Staff
Leah Osterman - Director
Meredith Davis - Producer
Melissa Cail - Stage Manager
Oren Stevens - Set Designer
Zoe LaPalombara - Lighting Designer
Carson Evans - Costume Designer
Luke Bradford - Sound Designer
Nikola Champlin - Technical Director
David Martinez - Master Electrician
Jourdan Urbach - Sound Consultant
Josh Stein - Sound Engineer
Lara Boyle - Props Master
Charlie Polinger - Artistic Consultant
Rachel London - Head Rigger
Marjorie Berman - Paint Charge
Emily Cooley - Composer
Sage Snider - Dramaturg
Autumn VonPlinsky - Graphic Designer
Jordan Ascher - Assistant Director
Rebecca Aston - Assistant Director
Crew
Hillary Luong - Assistant Lighting Designer
Willi Reichler - Assistant Producer
Allegra Krasznekewicz - Assistant Producer
Sara Hendel - Assistant Producer
Emily Miller - Assistant Stage Manager
Wojtek Osowiecki - Assistant Stage Manager
Rebecca Miller - Assistant Stage Manager
Iva Velickovic - Assistant Stage Manager
Hillary Luong - Sets Crew
Jennifer Matichuk - Sets Crew
Abeer Obaid - Sets Crew
Devon Balicki - Sets Crew
Andrew Kahn - Sets Crew
Larissa Pham - Sets Crew
Max Pommier - Sets Crew
Andrew Freeburg - Sets Crew
Olivia Schwob - Sets Crew
Margaret Ditre - Sets Crew
Margot Mellette - Sets Crew
Larissa Pham - Paint Crew
Olivia Schwob - Paint Crew
Margaret Ditre - Paint Crew
Margot Mellette - Paint Crew
Helen McCreary - Sound Crew
Christine Shaw - Costumes Crew
Anne Dailey - Costumes Crew
