Antigone, or We Are Rebels Asking for the Storm at Bootleg Theater

Creon is King of Thebes, ascending to the throne after the death of his brother King Oedipus, and the deaths of Oedipus’ sons Eteocles and Polyneices in a civil war. Creon, an autocrat who rules with an iron fist, has considered Polyneices a political rival, and so decrees that he should remain unburied on the battle field, to be devoured by worms and vultures. Polyneices’ sister Antigone defies Creon and buries her brother, though it means she will surely be executed. She refuses to retract her defiance and unwittingly becomes the face of a movement, changing her sister Ismene and husband Haimon’s lives forever.
This adaptation takes its title from a letter written by Pussy Riot’s imprisoned front woman, and resonances between Creon and certain contemporary autocrats are clear. The production examines who we are when we stand up to tyrants and ask for the storm. Do we lose sight of our cause? Do we lose sight of each other? The play also posits that in the heavy quiet inside the rage of tyranny, the tyrant himself may seek redemption.
Adapted by Matthew Minnicino from a translation by Kenneth Cavander. World Premiere. Directed by Amanda McRaven. Presented by Fugitive Kind Theater,

Ages: 13 to Adult.