Antigone presented December 2014

SET IN ANCIENT GREECE, ANTIGONE TELLS THE STORY OF THE DAUGHTER OF TRAGIC HERO OEDIPUS REX WHO DEFIES THE EDICT OF KING CREON, RULER OF THEBES, TO SAVE HER BROTHER IN THE AFTER LIFE. ANTIGONE AND HER SISTER ISMENE DISCOVER THAT ONE OF THEIR BROTHERS HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN PROPER BURIAL RITES AFTER COMMITTING TREASON DURING A CIVIL WAR AND ACCORDING TO GREEK TRADITION WILL CONSEQUENTLY LIVE ETERNALLY SUSPENDED BETWEEN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT. ANTIGONE REBELS AGAINST THE LAW, DESPITE HER SISTER'S WARNING, TO BURY HER BROTHER POLYNEICES, NOT REALIZING SHE HAS RISKED HER OWN LIFE AND THE FUTURE OF THE THRONE IN THE PROCESS. WITH A MODERN STREET ARTIST TWIST, EASTSIDE'S ANTIGONE HIGHLIGHTS THE THEMES OF REBELLION AND POWER TO GIVE A CONTEMPORARY EDGE TO A GREEK CLASSIC.