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The Darrow Theater Workshop presents...
The Burial at Thebes
For its fall production November 11–12, the Darrow Theater Workshop took on two
unique challenges: staging a modern adaptation of a classic Greek tragedy, and performing
in the unusual setting of the Tannery rather than the Darrow Theater. The play—
The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles’s Antigone by Seamus Heaney— is based
on the fifth century B.C.E. tragedy Antigone, by Sophocles, which tells the story of the
daughter of Oedipus, King of Thebes. Addressing themes of morality, individual freedoms,
and the imposition of restrictions by the state, the play featured several variations
on the original, said Jennifer Pytleski, Director of Performing Arts. Heaney’s adaptation,
she said, blends both current events with classic elements of Greek tragedy.
Clockwise from top left: Maddie
Nicholson ’18, as Creon, wrestles
with a dilemma; Mickey Mastrianni
’18, as Antigone, makes her
argument before the king; Max
Sidell ’18 and Constanza Carty ’19
provide comments and context;
Max Paladino ’19, as Tiresias,
and Tench Cholnoky ’20, as his
boy, provide their testimony;
and Rachel Yang ’18 delivers an
important message to the court
as Ewen McManus ’18, as Hades,
observes in the background.
See more photos from The
Burial at Thebes at www.flickr.
com/photos/darrowschool.
Photos by Steve Ricci
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PEG BOARD FALL/WINTER 2016–17