Antigone

by Sophokles

trans. Anne Carson

dir. Dave Peterson

October 2019, Dore Theatre, California State University, Bakersfield

What do you do when the law is wrong? Sophokles' tragedy pits Antigone against her uncle and king, Creon. The young woman insists on burying her brother's body to honor him and the gods, but Creon insists her brother is a traitor and deserves to be left uncovered and dishonored. Anne Carson's incisive new translation clearly renders these striking characters while confronting audiences with questions of justice, religion, family, and what it means to be a citizen.