The Burial at Thebes
A version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney.
In a future time, the citizenry has been pushed to breaking by a fierce civil war. Attempting to consolidate his power in a fragile peace, the newly-crowned King Creon takes a harsh stand against dissent, and here, Antigone faces a terrible choice. A brother who died in the war lies unburied outside the city gates. To bury him is treason; to leave his corpse to rot is untenable. Antigone’s integrity and defiance, and her honor, shine like a beacon in Seamus Heaney’s powerful version of Sophocles’ tragedy.
October 29, 30, November 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 at 8 p.m.
October 31 and November 7 at 2 p.m.
