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Putting the Nick Back in Antigone

Sam Hurwitt

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Shotgun Players’ Antigonick is the third bold new interpretation of Sophocles’ ancient tragedy Antigone to be produced by a Bay Area theater in the last couple of months. Read my review on KQED Arts.

Kreon (Kevin Clarke), and Antigone (Rami Margron) face off in Shotgun Players' Antigonick, with the Chorus (David Sinaiko) and Nick (Parker Murphy) in the background. Photo by Pak Han.
Kreon (Kevin Clarke), and Antigone (Rami Margron) face off in Shotgun Players’ Antigonick, with the Chorus (David Sinaiko) and Nick (Parker Murphy) in the background. Photo by Pak Han.

THE DO LIST: Shotgun Players’ Stylized ‘Antigonick’ Makes a Triumph of Tragedy

Antigonick
Through May 3
Shotgun Players
Ashby Stage
1901 Ashby Avenue
Berkeley, CA
www.shotgunplayers.org

Show #26 of 2015, attended March 28.

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