Antigone at USC

October 4-12, 2024
Antigone
By Sophocles
Translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald
Directed by Lauren Wilson
Longstreet Theatre
This final chapter in Sophocles’ Oedipus Trilogy presents themes of gender equality and civil disobedience that are as relevant today as they were over 2000 years ago. After Antigone’s two brothers are killed while fighting each other for the throne of Thebes, the kingdom’s new ruler declares that only one brother will receive a proper burial, while the other will be left out to rot. In allegiance with her family – and honoring her own strong sense of morality – Antigone buries her brother in defiance of the law, setting in motion a chain of events that threaten to bring even more tragedy to the kingdom.
October 4-6 & 10-12, 2024