Antigone

antigone at juniata college

by Sophocles translated by Anne Carson

directed by Leigh Hendrix

A young woman stands in the history of her family, under the power of the state, and chooses to act out of personal moral belief and love for her family. Though Kreon, her uncle and the leader of Thebes, has promised to punish anyone who crosses him with death, Antigone knows what she believes and refuses to turn away from the truth. The rest of the city is trapped between the law of Kreon and the possibility that Antigone might not deserve to die.

In this production, all of the roles were played by women in a staging designed to highlight the way the powerful attempt to stay about the fray while manipulating those whom they hold power over. Everyone, except the actors playing Antigone and Kreon, were also members of the chorus, with each actor emerging from and returning to the chorus as they portrayed other characters in the story.