Two Against Thebes

African-American Shakespeare Company and the Cutting Ball Theater each reinvent Antigone. My review is on KQED Arts.

Jasmine Strange, Brooklyn Fields and Tavia Percia in African-American Shakespeare Company’s Xtigone. Photo by Lance Huntley.

Paul Loper, Madeline H.D. Brown, Wiley Naman Strasser and Jason W. Wong in Cutting Ball Theater’s Antigone. Photo by Chase Ramsey.

Review: Two Against Thebes:  Contrasting Visions of Sophocles’ Classic in ‘Antigone,’ ‘Xtigone’

Xtigone
Through March 8
African-American Shakespeare Company
Buriel Clay Theatre
African-American Art & Culture Complex
762 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA
www.african-americanshakes.org

Antigone
Through March 29
Cutting Ball Theater
Exit on Taylor
277 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA
www.cuttingball.com

Xtigone: Show #13 of 2015, attended February 14.

Antigone: Show #16 of 2015, attended February 22.