A contemporary translation of the classic Greek drama that asks, “How do we care for the dead and how we do grieve amidst crisis?” Antigonick is translated and strangely reimagined by the inimitable Classics scholar and award-winning poet, Anne Carson.

how is a Greek chorus like a lawyer

they’re both in the business of searching for a precedent

finding an analogy

locating a prior example

so as to be able to say

this terrible thing we’re witnessing now is

not unique you know it happened before

or something much like it

we’re not at a loss how to think about this

we’re not without guidance

there is a pattern

we can find an historically parallel case

and file it away under

ANTIGONE BURIED ALIVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON

COMPARE CASE HISTORIES 7. 17 AND 49

Directed by Salvage Vanguard’s co-producing Artistic Director Diana Lynn Small, Antigonick stretches the boundaries of story in poetry and theater. Antigonick asks, “What can one woman do in the face of unjust laws?” What is she willing to sacrifice? In this time worn story, Carson points to the lessons we’re meant to learn from our past, yet somehow fail to remember.

The Cast: Tobias Al-Trabulsi, Jay Byrd, Rachel Long, Megan Tabaque, Paige Tautz, Travis Tate, and Vincent Tomasino.

The Designers: Henna Chou, Natalie George, Lisa Laratta, and Paige Tautz.