Antigone

Sophocles' Antigone
Fall 2013

Directed by Catharine Slusar

How do we preserve our humanity in the face of violence? New production of Sophocles' Antigone captures class drama's contemporary relevance.

The Theater Program of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges (Mark Lord, Chair) presents Sophocles’ Antigone, directed by Catharine Slusar, a noted Philadelphia actor and director and a faculty member in the Bryn Mawr College Theater Program. This production reinvigorates Sophocles’ classical text with a haunting exploration of crumbling lives and fragmented nations. The centuries-old story of violence and tragedy is soberingly familiar, its contemporary significance amplified by the production’s modern American setting.

“We construct so much, both good and bad, from the debris following disaster,” says Ryan Rebel, actor and dramaturg for Antigone.  “This production is striving to be honest about those decisions and their consequences.” 

The Theater Program of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges strives to foster creative collaboration between students and faculty, and its productions have won accolades from area critics for years. Of a recent production, Philadelphia Weekly wrote, “The entire production is as professional—if not more so, simply in the students’ evident commitment to these roles—as anything you might see [in the city]. Clearly Lord and Iwasaki respect these students and their vision.”

Antigone opens the Theater Program’s 2013-2014 season, with six performances (Nov. 15, 16, 17 and Nov. 21, 22, 23) at the Hepburn Teaching Theater (Goodhart Hall, Bryn Mawr College). Opening night is Friday, Nov. 15. 

The Creative Team

Catharine Slusar, Director
Maiko Matsushima, Scenic and Costume Designer
Elizabeth Atkinson, Sound Designer
Jessica Wallace, Lighting Designer
Justin McDaniel, Technical Director
Amy Radbill, Production Manager and Props Designer
Joshua Samors, Assistant Technical Director
Maddie Brady, Assistant Director
Ryan Rebel, Dramaturg
Julie Henrickson, Assistant Costume Designer
Lucy Shaw, Assistant Sound Designer
Monique Alfonso, Assistant Lighting Designer
Olivia Hollinger and Maya Neville, Stage Managers

FEATURING
Monique Alfonso (BMC ’14)
Emma Basen-Engquist (BMC ’17)
Henry Bradford (HC ’15)
Megan Thomson Connor (BMC ’14)
Amelia Couderc (BMC ’16)
John Dominguez (HC ’15)
Jackie Handy (BMC ’14)
Kristin Kury (BMC ’16)
Saskia Levy-Sheon (BMC ’16)
Qi’er Luo (BMC ’15)
Ryan Rebel (HC ’14)
Erica Rice (BMC ’17)
Betsy Rock (BMC ’14)
Maria Victoria Russo (BMC ’16)
Bruce Willis (HC ’16)
Leyla Yenirce (BMC ’15)