A resistance play by
Jean Anouilh
Directed by Alex Pepperman
Produced by
SoHo Shakespeare Company
&
Alice Litchfield, Ruth Łchav'aya K'isen Miller, Elian Wigisser
8 Shows Only
March 12th - March 21st
The Flea Theater, NYC
— ~2 HOURS —
— 10 MINUTE INTERMISSION —
TALKBACKS
with the Cast will be held after the
March 19th & March 20th performances
FREE
Monologue Workshops
with Director Alex Pepperman after
March 15th & 18th matinees
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ABOUT THE SHOW
The Tragedy of Resistance
Anouilh’s Antigone was first produced under the Nazi occupation of France in February, 1942. It passed the Nazi censors, and was approved for production by the Third Reich. Perhaps the classical title was a distraction.
In Anouilh’s adaptation we witness the cautionary tale of a party of survivors at war with itself, symbolizing a resistance to fascism and a mirror to our own fractured present. This is the tragedy of a "new order" fractured by a generational divide: between a veteran guard that "said yes" to the burden of leadership, and an iconoclastic generation that "says no" to the sacrifices that follow.
Underlying this clash is the fundamental tragedy of the human contradiction, where we recognize that true peace is only achievable by eliminating the desire for power, yet mankind remains perpetually driven to seek power absolutely. Creon seeks power to enforce order; Antigone seeks the absolute power of her own integrity. In the vacuum between his pragmatism and her purity, the dream of a better world collapses. We are left to wonder: Can a society ever find peace when its survival depends on the very power that corrupts it?
The ultimate tragedy is that the death of the idealist results in the apathy of the masses, and the wheel spins round and round. By choosing a convenient peace, we trade awareness for a false sense of security, accepting the promise of safety in exchange for silence, and thus elevate a society that is easiest to control. By silencing the radical voice, we leave ourselves vulnerable to the very authoritarians who seek to enslave us. Enter Fascism 2025.
SoHo Shakespeare Company's
Antigone
Into the not-so-distant future ...
The year is 2030. An uprising that resulted in civil war has been quelled. Elections in The United States are now run by the Federal Government, and the Neo-Fascist 47 Regime has entered its Third Term. Creon presides over the Northeast Quarter of the US, under the watchful eye of the country’s 47th Presidential Supreme Leader. What will Creon do to maintain a fragile peace? What will Antigone do to break the illusion?
THE CAST: Jennifer Fouché*, Jarod Brock*, Jeff Gorti*, Coco Galli King, Alice Litchfield, Ruth Łchav'aya K'isen Miller, Elian Wigisser. Understudies: Jennifer Appelquist, Cito Mena*.
A play by Jean Anouilh; Directed by Alex Pepperman; Produced by SoHo Shakespeare Company (Alex Pepperman, Rodolfo Pedroni, Abbas Syed, & co.), & Alice Litchfield, Ruth Łchav'aya K'isen Miller, Elian Wigisser; Associate Producers: Cito Mena, Emily Tuckman; Production Stage Manager: Lauren Hingle; Assistant Stage Manager: Dassi Cohen; Fight Captain: Cito Mena; Lighting & Sound Design: Ethan Fox; Costume Design: Jennifer Fouché
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