OPENS TONIGHT! The Burial At Thebes

How would you choose if the law were at odds with your religious beliefs, family honor, and heart? How much, and which freedoms, are you prepared to surrender to keep national order? “The Burial At Thebes” is a timely, and timeless, exploration of the tension between individual human rights and the security of the state. Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, learns that her brothers have killed each other, having been on opposing sides of civil war. When Creon, the new king of Thebes, grants burial rites to one but not to the other, Antigone defies his order. Creon condemns her to death for insubordination, although she was to marry his son. As the dominoes continue 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.

Written as “Antigone” by Sophocles in antiquity, “The Burial At Thebes” presents concepts as debate-worthy and thought-provoking today as they were in 442 BCE. Mr. Earle’s direction evokes both the timeless nature of these issues and humankind’s seemingly never-ending penchant for war and 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.

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Posted By: Helene Clehr
Date: Tue Nov 08 14:14:15 EST 2016