The Burial At Thebes - opens soon!

How would YOU choose if the law were at odds with your religious beliefs, your family duty? What if you WERE the law? What would you be willing to die for, or kill for?

"The Burial At Thebes" is a timely, and timeless, exploration of the tension between individual rights and the security of the state. Director Steve Earle evokes both the timeless nature of these issues and mankind's unending penchant for conflict by blending and contrasting contemporary American and ancient Greek imagery. Seamus Heaney's modern translation is accessible, while remaining true to Sophocles' original poetic form.

Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, learns that her brothers have killed each other, having been on opposing sides in a civil war. When Creon, the new king, denies burial privileges to one brother, Antigone defies his order. Creon condemns her to death, even though she was to marry his son. As the dominoes begin to fall, discord within the king's family results, and he is warned the gods disapprove. Creon at last bends and revokes Antigone's death sentence, but too late to halt the now-inevitable calamities and despair.

Nov 9-12 and 16-19 @ 7:30 pm in the Goode Theatre

Tickets $15 @ ODUArtsTix.com

Posted By: Helene Clehr
Date: Tue Oct 25 11:57:32 EDT 2016