Antigone

Presented By

Court Theatre

Location

Court Theatre

5535 S. Ellis, Chicago, IL, 60637
Chicago,IL60637+ Google Map

As Antigone mourns her brothers who have murdered each other in a civil war, she must decide if she will sacrifice her life to balance the scales of justice. Her victorious brother is posthumously exalted; her treasonous brother is left unburied by order of King Creon, Antigone’s uncle and adversary. Antigone deliberately defies the king’s edict and buries her traitorous brother, igniting a devastating chain of events and thrusting urgent questions of justice to the fore.

With Antigone, Sophocles’s timely masterwork, Associate Artistic Director Gabrielle Randle-Bent (The Island) brings Court’s Oedipus Trilogy – Oedipus Rex, The Gospel at Colonus, and Antigone – to an exhilarating conclusion. Randle-Bent’s striking interpretation of Founding Artistic Director Nicholas Rudall’s translation – featuring Aeriel Williams in the titular role and Timothy Edward Kane as King Creon – not only completes this theatrical odyssey, but renders Sophocles’s classic tale electrifyingly alive, inviting audiences to hear his poetry anew. As a result, Randle-Bent frees Antigone from the trap of martyrdom, situates her in our modern conversation about the price of democracy, and asks – crucially – if it’s a price we’re willing to pay.

Header Image: Savannah E. Bowman, “the sister’s”, oil & acrylic on 16×20 canvas paper

Accessible Performances:

• February 24, 2024 at 2:00pm (Touch Tour/Audio Description/ASL Interpretation)
  • Touch Tour at 12:30pm
• February 25, 2024 at 2:00pm (Open Captioning)

Theatre Week Performances:

Thursday, February 8 – 7:30PM
Friday, February 9 – 7:30PM
Sunday, February 11 – 2:00PM and 7:30PM

Wednesday, February 14 – 7:30PM
Thursday, February 15 – 7:30PM
Friday, February 16 – 7:30PM
Saturday, February 17 – 2:00PM and 7:30PM
Sunday, February 18 – 2:00PM and 7:30PM

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