{"id":69523,"date":"2003-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-theatre-department-to-open-its-2003-2004-season-with-antigone\/"},"modified":"2003-09-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-09-23T00:00:00","slug":"uri-theatre-department-to-open-its-2003-2004-season-with-antigone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2003\/09\/uri-theatre-department-to-open-its-2003-2004-season-with-antigone\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Department to open its 2003-2004 season with Antigone"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tMedia Contact: Jan Wenzel, 874-2116
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\nKINGSTON, R.I. — September 23, 2003 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Theatre presents Antigone, Jean Anouilh\u2019s 1944 version of the Greek legend that comes from a Paris that suffered under the heel of tyranny. The play\u2019s parallels to modern times are both exciting and provocative.
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\nAthol Guard, the acclaimed South African playwright, cites Sophocles Antigone as the most powerful protest play ever written and refers to Anouilh\u2019s adaptation of it as an inspiration to the French people under German occupation during World War II.
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\nWhat makes the Antigone legend so powerful through the ages? A young girl of noble birth, daughter of the late King Oedipus, is beloved by her sister Ismene, her nurse, her fianc\u00e9, Haemon son of King Creon, and even Creon himself. A civil war has just transpired in which her brothers Eteocles and Polynices have fought and killed one another. Creon issues an edict honoring Eteocles and forbidding burial to Polynices. Antigone, despite the consequences, defies Creon\u2019s edict because of her religious principles shared by her society that if a body is not buried, his immortal soul will wander restlessly forever. Antigone feels obligated as Polynices\u2019s sister to give him the sacraments of burial despite the consequences to her personal well being.
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\nAntigone\u2019s story stirs us as we listen to the persuasive points of view \u2013 religious versus secular. We are engaged by their argument and by the mordant humor of the First Guard, the devotion of Prince Haemon, the pleas of Ismene, and the warmth of her childhood nurse. The chorus narrates this powerful and tragic tale, which continues to fascinate new generations as one strong voice in the body of a young girl, confronts tyranny.
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\nThe play\u2019s director, Bryna Wortman, has set this production of Antigone on “an outpost of civilization in the not so distant future.” Patrick Lynch, a 溏心vlog免费B站 senior majoring in theatre is the sets designer, David T. Howard, assistant professor of costume design, is the costume designer, Sean Farrell, a guest artist lighting designer from New York City is in charge of lighting, and Peter Nabut, a guest artist from Massachusetts, will do the sound.
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\nThe play will be performed in the J Studio of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Fine Arts Center on October 9 through 11 and October 15 through 18 at 8 p.m. It will also be performed on October 12 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 general admission and $10 for students, senior citizens and children. To reserve tickets, please call the 溏心vlog免费B站 Theatre Box Office at 401-874-5843. For additional information, 401-874-5922.<\/p>\n

Actor\t\t\t\t\tCharacter\t\t\tHometown
\nShelly Cohen\t\t\t\tEurydice\t\t\tCanton, Mass.
\nWilliam C. Newton\t\t\tGuard #2\t\t\tProvidence, R.I.
\nLauren Ustaszewski\t\t\tNurse\t\t\t\tMedford, NJ
\nCourtney Lynne Edge\t\tAntigone\t\t\tPortsmouth, R.I.
\nMelissa Banks\t\t\tIsmene\t\t\tSimsbury, Conn.
\nSean Michael McConaghy\t\tCreon\t\t\t\tRehoboth, Mass.
\nWilliam “Jed” Hancock-Brainerd\tGuard #1\t\t\tE. Greenwich, R.I.
\nTevor J. Campbell\t\t\tHaemon\t\t\tMiddletown, RI
\nKhara C. Hoyer\t\t\tPage\t\t\t\tHartford, Conn.
\nKyle A. Maddock\t\t\tMessenger\t\t\tPascoag, RI
\nAnna Tobias\t\t\t\tChorus 31\t\t\tCenterville, RI
\nTom Hurdle\t\t\t\tChorus\t\t\tProvidence, RI\n\t<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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