In Sophocles’ Antigone, written around 442 BCE, the punishment meted out to the play’s iconic title character—and the tragedy that follows—flow from Antigone’s determination to give her brother ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2017, I saw the young Chicago actress Aeriel Williams in “Black Pearl” at the Black Ensemble Theatre, a show about Josephine ...

A riveting take on Sophocles’ classic, Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) reimagines the story of Oedipus’ daughter Antigone through a bold new lens. Written by award-winning playwright Anna ...

The Public Theater has released a teaser trailer for the world premiere of Antigone (This Play I Read in High School). The bold new adaptation of Sophocles’ classic begins performances in The Public’s ...

Sophocles had no idea when he wrote “Antigone” 2,500 years ago that it would be a vehicle for nurses to share what they’ve experienced during a worldwide pandemic. But that’s what will happen Thursday ...

The Genesius Guild theater in Rock Island is presenting two weekends of Sophocles’ “Antigone.” According to a release, performances of “Antigone” are June 20, 21, 27 and 28, beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Because Antigone buries her dead brother, Creon sentences her to death. That brother, Polynices, is not even mentioned by name in Anna Ziegler’s provocative play “Antigone (This Play I Read in High ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This combination of photos shows, from left, Margaret Atwood, Bill Camp, Taylor Schilling and Tracie Thoms who will participate in ...

The Public Theater will present a one-week extension ahead of previews beginning for the world premiere of Antigone (This Play I Read in High School), a new play by 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize ...